The Endovascular Therapy Using Excimer Laser Atherectomy for Complex Femoropopliteal In-Stent Restenosis Lesions
ELA provided acceptable technical success in current femoropopliteal ISR lesions; however, the long-term result was clinically suboptimal.Clinical ImpactThis retrospective multicenter registry enrolled 166 patients with in-stent restenosis/in-stent occlusion lesions in femoropopliteal arteries treated with endovascular therapy using excimer laser atherectomy. The technical success rate was acceptable at 83.7%; however, 1-year estimate of freedom from restenosis was clinically suboptimal at 67.6%. The multivariate analysis showed incomplete antegrade blood flow and dialysis-dependent chronic renal failure were independently associated with re-restenosis risk.
Authors
- Tomoko Kobayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2226-6702)
- Osamu Iida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6829-7304)
- Takuya Haraguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2116-2178)
- Shin Okamoto
- Naoki Yoshioka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3619-3794)
- Nobuhito Kaneko
- Kuniyasu Ikeoka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8682-2643)
- Takiuchi Shin
- Mitsuyoshi Takahara
- Kuniyoshi Fukai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5906-658X)
- Yoshiaki Shintani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5860-3021)
- Kazunori Horie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8614-7729)
- Kenji Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1736-5404)
- Yuki Shima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3442-3637)
- Norio Tada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-5836)
- Kenji Ogata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7268-6491)
- Masahiro Iiya
Institutions
- Limbe Provincial Hospital (CM)
- Japan Medical Association (JP)
- Kurashiki Central Hospital (JP)
- Osaka National Hospital (JP)
- Hiratsuka Kyosai Hospital (JP)
- Sapporo Science Center (JP)
- Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital (JP)
- Kansai Rosai Hospital (JP)
- Higashi Takarazuka Satoh Hospital (JP)
- Ogaki Municipal Hospital (JP)
- Saiseikai Central Hospital (JP)
- Kyoto Katsura Hospital (JP)
- Hakodate Central General Hospital (JP)
- Sendai Kousei Hospital (JP)
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Endovascular Therapy
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/15266028251363466
- Primary Topic
- Peripheral Artery Disease Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00