The Results of a New Distal Protection Method in Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion of the Superficial Femoral Artery

Table 2

Patient characteristics, approach site and occlusion length. Pt: patient, F: female, M: male, HT: hypertention, DM: diabetes, IC: intermittent claudication, CLI: critical limb ischemia, Rt: right, Lt: left, SFA: superficial femoral artery, FA: femoral artery, PA: popliteal artery.

Pt. no	Age	sex	Risk factor	Diagnosis (Fontaine)	Target SFA	Antegrade-approach	Petrograde-approach	Occlusion length
1	83	F	HT	IC (IIb)	Rt	Lt FA 6F	Rt PA 6F	16.5 cm
2	74	M	HT, DM, smoking	CLI	Rt	Rt FA 7F	Rt PA 4F	15 cm
3	82	M	DM, smoking	IC (IIb)	Lt	Lt FA 6F	Lt PA 6F	12 cm
4	72	M	HT, smoking	CLI	Rt	Lt FA 6F	Rt PA 4F	17 cm
5	62	M	HT, smoking	IC (IIa)	Lt	Lt FA 6F	Lt PA 6F	23 cm
6	83	M	HT, smoking	IC (IIb)	Lt	Lt FA 6F	Lt PA 4F	18 cm
7	70	M	HT, smoking	IC (IIb)	Rt	Rt FA 6F	Rt PA 6F	6 cm
8	65	M	HT, smoking	IC (IIb)	Rt	Lt FA 6F	Rt PA 6F	22 cm
9	62	M	HT, DM, Dyslipidemia	IC (IIb)	Rt	Rt FA 6F	Rt PA 6F	24 cm