Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of peripheral vascular disease: a two-year experience

Over a 23-month period, 172 successful peripheral angioplasties were performed. Life-table analysis gave a two-year patency rate for the total series of 80%. The patency rate for aorto-iliac and femoral-popliteal lesions was 86% and 70%, respectively. Only one late failure occurred in the group of 44 arteries followed for longer than eight months.