Research Article

Retrograde Popliteal Access for Challenging Superficial Femoral Artery Occlusion

Table 3

Lesion and procedure characteristics.

Position and access
 Prone with only popliteal access6
 Supine with femoral and popliteal access7
TASC II classification
 A/B0 (0)
 C8 (62)
 D5 (38)
Number of runoff vessels
Length of lesions in mm
Calcification
 Mild0 (0)
 Moderate2 (15)
 Severe11 (85)
Labelled stent diameter
Introducer size
Closing device use3 (23)

Continuous data are presented as the ; categorical data are given as the counts (percentage).