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World J Cardiol. Dec 26, 2017; 9(12): 842-847
Published online Dec 26, 2017. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v9.i12.842
Published online Dec 26, 2017. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v9.i12.842
Successful recanalization of long femoro-crural occlusive disease after failed bypass surgery
Grigorios Korosoglou, Tom Eisele, Sorin Giusca, Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, GRN Academic Teaching Hospital, Weinheim 69469, Germany
Dorothea Raupp, Christoph Eisenbach, Diabetology and Gastroenterology, GRN Academic Teaching Hospital, Weinheim 69469, Germany
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the acquisition of data, writing, and revision of this manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This case report was exempt from the Institutional Review Board standards at University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Correspondence to: Grigorios Korosoglou, Professor, Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, GRN Academic Teaching Hospital, Roentgenstrasse 1, Weinheim 69469, Germany. grigorios.korosoglou@grn.de
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Received: September 10, 2017
Peer-review started: September 13, 2017
First decision: October 23, 2017
Revised: November 1, 2017
Accepted: November 27, 2017
Article in press: November 27, 2017
Published online: December 26, 2017
Processing time: 100 Days and 6.5 Hours
Peer-review started: September 13, 2017
First decision: October 23, 2017
Revised: November 1, 2017
Accepted: November 27, 2017
Article in press: November 27, 2017
Published online: December 26, 2017
Processing time: 100 Days and 6.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Herein, we present a patient with critical ischemia of the lower limb, due to long occlusive disease of the femoro-popliteal and below-the-knee arteries who was successfully treated using an endovascular approach after failed bypass surgery and using the direct stent puncture technique. This case demonstrates that an endovascular approach may be extremely valuable even in very long, complex occlusive peripheral artery disease. This may further shift treatment from surgical to endovascular treatment in the near future.