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Long-term Outcome of Patients with Claudication after Balloon Angioplasty of the Femoropopliteal Arteries¹

¹ From the Departments of Clinical Radiology (T.S.J., H.I.M., P.J.M.) and Surgery (P.A.J.), Kuopio University Hospital, Puijonlaaksontie 2, 70200 Kuopio, Finland. From the 2001 RSNA scientific assembly. Received August 20, 2001; revision requested October 11; final revision received March 21, 2002; accepted April 29. Supported in part by Kuopio University Hospital (grant number 5063510), the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Pohjois-Savo Regional Fund, the Nycomed AS Foundation, the Radiological Society of Finland, the Finnish Society of Angiology, and the Foundation of Aarne and Aili Turunen. Address correspondence to T.S.J. (e-mail: tiia.jamsen@kuh.fi).

View larger version (22K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Life table plot indicates primary and secondary patency rates in the study population (standard error of estimate 0.04 throughout follow-up).

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Life table plot indicates cumulative patient survival rates compared with those of the control population.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Graph indicates differences in survival rates between various subpopulations and their age- and sex-matched control populations.