PERCUTANEOUS ENDOVASCULAR COVERED STENTING OF A DISTAL SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL-ARTERY OCCLUSION

Peripheral vascular disease is a common problem in the elderly populat ion. This is commonly treated nowadays by percutaneous transluminal an gioplasty (PTA). When PTA is used in the treatment of superficial femo ral artery (SFA) occlusions 35% reocclude within 1 year(1). Endovascul ar stents (uncovered) have been used to try to overcome this problem; however, results have been disappointing with reocclusion rates simila r to PTA(2). In order to try to reduce this problem covered endovascul ar stents have been developed. We report the first known case in the U K of one of these stents being used in the treatment of SFA disease.