This inclusion criterion was determined by an experienced vascular surgeon at the time of referral to PTA. The main reasons for not being a candidate for open sur- gery are listed in Table 1. In 50% of cases, more than one reason to not consider surgery was present (mean: 1.7; standard deviation (SD): 0.8; range: 1–4). Approval from the regional institutional review board was not required for the performed research. We identified 77 patients having 80 consecutive infrapopliteal endovascular procedures due to CLI from April 2010 through December 2012. Data were gathered prospectively from our in-house registry and were analyzed retrospectively. Six patients with prior in situ bypass graft were excluded due to in situ graft stenosis and not stenosis in the genuine artery, as well as one patient who was treated in the after- math of a trauma and had no history of PAD.
This inclusion criterion was determined by an experienced vascular surgeon at the time of referral to PTA. The main reasons for not being a candidate for open sur- gery are listed in Table 1. In 50% of cases, more than one reason to not consider surgery was present (mean: 1.7; standard deviation (SD): 0.8; range: 1–4). Approval from the regional institutional review board was not required for the performed research. We identified 77 patients having 80 consecutive infrapopliteal endovascular procedures due to CLI from April 2010 through December 2012. Data were gathered prospectively from our in-house registry and were analyzed retrospectively. Six patients with prior in situ bypass graft were excluded due to in situ graft stenosis and not stenosis in the genuine artery, as well as one patient who was treated in the after- math of a trauma and had no history of PAD.