Journal of Angiology

Research Article

Heparin-Bonded Viabahn and Drug-Eluting Bare Metal Zilver (PTX) Sandwich Stents in Femoral Chronic Total Occlusion: A Retrospective Review of Mid-Term and Long-Term Outcomes

Table 3

(a) and (b) summarise the findings of mid- and long-term followup for the typical sandwich technique, cohort (A), and the atypical cases, cohort (B). During the mid-term followup, only 5 patients died in cohort (A) and 4 patients died in cohort (B). No further mortalities were observed over the long term.
(a)
Cohort (A) followupTASC II Vessel patency Occlusion Deceased
(Typical sandwich, = 27) = = = = 5
Mid-term 
0–18 months		[C] = 6312
[D] = 218103
Long-term 
18–36 months		[C] = 431None
[D] = 1899None
(b)
Cohort (B) followupTASC II Vessel patency Occlusion Deceased
(Atypical technique, = 19) =
Mid-term 
0–18 months		[C] = 17854
[D] = 22NoneNone
Long-term 
18–36 months		[C] = 1376None
[D] = 22NoneNone