Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 20-24 , January 2012

Antegrade approach for percutaneous interventions of ostial superficial femoral artery: outcomes from a prospective series of diabetic patients presenting with critical limb ischemia

  • Flavio Airoldi

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Department, Multimedica IRCCS, Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cardiovascular Department, Multimedica IRCCS, Via Milanese, 300–Sesto San Giovanni (MI) 20099–Italy. Tel.: +39 02 2420 9380; fax: +39 02 2420 9339.
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  • Ezio Faglia

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Department, Multimedica IRCCS, Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy
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  • Sergio Losa

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Department, Multimedica IRCCS, Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy
    • ,
  • Davide Tavano

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Department, Multimedica IRCCS, Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy
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  • Azeem Latib

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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  • Gaetano Lanza

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Department, Multimedica IRCCS, Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy
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  • Giacomo Clerici

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Department, Multimedica IRCCS, Sesto San Giovanni (MI), Italy

Received 30 August 2011 ,Revised 19 September 2011 ,Accepted 6 October 2011.

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☆ Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1553-8389(11)00537-9

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2011.10.003

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 20-24 , January 2012

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