Treatment of peripheral arterial disease--extending "intervention" to "therapeutic choice"

Editorial

Alan T Hirsch. N Engl J Med. 2006.

. 2006 May 4;354(18):1944-7.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMe068037.

No abstract available

Comment in

Balloon angioplasty or nitinol stents for peripheral-artery disease.
Desai P, Iyer R, Pyati S. Desai P, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006 Aug 3;355(5):522-3; author reply 523-4. N Engl J Med. 2006. PMID: 16886292 No abstract available.
Balloon angioplasty or nitinol stents for peripheral-artery disease.
Golledge J, Norman P. Golledge J, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006 Aug 3;355(5):522; author reply 523-4. N Engl J Med. 2006. PMID: 16888843 No abstract available.

Balloon angioplasty versus implantation of nitinol stents in the superficial femoral artery.
Schillinger M, Sabeti S, Loewe C, Dick P, Amighi J, Mlekusch W, Schlager O, Cejna M, Lammer J, Minar E. Schillinger M, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006 May 4;354(18):1879-88. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa051303. N Engl J Med. 2006. PMID: 16672699 Clinical Trial.