The Use of Re-entry Devices in Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease
Lorenzo C Pescatori1, Vania Tacher1,2,3, Hicham Kobeiter1,2
1Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Service d'Imagerie Médicale, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
Abstract:
Endovascular approach is the first-choice treatment in patients suffering from aortoiliac occlusions. Nevertheless, standard endoluminal revascularization fails in treating occlusions in about 20% (1) of cases. Thus, subintimal revascularization can be a solution, but it fails in 25% (2) of cases as well. In the last decades, different devices have been created, in order to ease the cross back into the true lumen, when standard subintimal revascularization does not work or risks to occlude important collateral vessels. Herein, we revise the currently available re-entry devices and their application in the aortoiliac occlusive pathology.
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