Role of Endovascular Intervention in Iliac Artery Disease TASC C and D Classification

Abstract

Background: For more than forty years, endarterectomy and bypass grafting have been the primary means of surgically revascularizing peripheral vessels threatened by atherosclerotic disease. However, with today's endovascular technology, stenosis and occlusions in nearly every circulatory system can he approached intraluminally with balloon dilatation and intravascular stents. Aim of Study: Was to evaluate the technical success rates, primary patency, limb salvage, patient survival and complications for TASC C and D iliac lesions treated by endovascular procedure. Additionally, the influence of the access site and the clinical outcomes were analyzed.