Use of optical coherence tomography during superficial femoral artery interventions
Marmagkiolis, K.; Lendel, V.; Leesar, M.A.; Feldman, M.D.; Cilingiroglu, M.
Journal of Invasive Cardiology 26(5): 220-223
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1557-2501 PMID: 24791721 Document Number: 675795
Superficial femoral artery (SFA) disease accounts for approximately 40% of the symptomatic peripheral arterial disease and remains a common cause of critical limb ischemia and lower-extremity amputation. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been extensively studied in the coronary circulation; however, its use in the peripheral arterial circulation is scarce. We present two cases of OCT use as an ancillary imaging tool during SFA endovascular interventions.