RS08 Medicare Claims Data Suggests That Atherectomy for Infrainguinal Occlusive Disease for Claudication Results in Outcomes Worse Than the Natural History of the Disease

Analysis of the retrograde tibial artery approach in lower extremity revascularization in an office endovascular center

“…It is believed that atherectomy procedures are abused in OECs. 25 Unfortunately, there are few longterm data comparing the drug-eluting balloon and stents with atherectomy. In data presented at the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society 2017 meeting, the efficacy of atherectomy was demonstrated.…”