Post-Angioplasty Dissection Management: Bailout Strategies
After PTA, a dissection doesn't always mean immediate stenting. Learn the practical rules for managing femoro-popliteal dissections without turning a focal problem into a metal sentence.
After PTA, a dissection doesn't always mean immediate stenting. Learn the practical rules for managing femoro-popliteal dissections without turning a focal problem into a metal sentence.
Heavy calcification is not just a technical obstacle — it changes the rules of the game entirely. In this issue: why the subintimal approach often fails in the highly calcified pattern, and why staying endoluminal is both the harder and the smarter choice
We use the term all the time. But complex recanalization is not an anatomical category — it’s a decision point. Here’s the operational definition that changes how you plan your next CTO case.
Antegrade access is the default for infrainguinal revascularization — until proven otherwise. Two real exceptions, two false exceptions, and the one adjustment that changes everything.
The perforating technique is your last endoluminal option before going subintimal. When to use it, when to avoid it, and which devices get the job done — a practical, no-fluff guide