Research Article

A Clinical Decision Support System for Femoral Peripheral Arterial Disease Treatment

Table 5

TASC classification [3].

Lesion typeDescriptionVisual display

Type A (i) Single stenosis ≤10 cm in length
(ii) Single occlusion ≤5 cm in length
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Type B(i) Multiple lesions, each ≤5 cm
(ii) Single stenosis or occlusion ≤15 cm
(iii) Single or multiple lesions in the absence of tibial vessels
(iv) Heavily calcified occlusion ≤5 cm
(v) Single popliteal stenosis
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Type C(i) Multiple stenosis or occlusions totaling ≥15 cm
(ii) Recurrent stenosis or occlusions that need treatment
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Type D(i) Chronic total occlusions of common femoral artery or superficial femoral artery
(ii) Chronic total occlusion of popliteal artery
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