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Angioplasty for Critical Arterial Stenosis

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A 62-year-old gentleman, formerly a shopkeeper and a heavy smoker (26 cigarettes daily until 5 years ago when he succeeded in giving up), presented with a history of leg pain. Since retirement 2 years ago, he had started going for walks in the nearby countryside. From the start, he could walk for 5 miles, but he felt some pain in his left calf, which reduced after slowing down.

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  1. L. Norgren
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital and Ealing Hospital, London, UK

    George Geroulakos MD, FRCS, DIC, PhD (Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer) (Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer)

  2. University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Hero van Urk MD, PhD, FRCS (Professor of Vascular Surgery) (Professor of Vascular Surgery)

  3. Division of Vascular Surgery, UMDNJ-NJMS, Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Robert W. Hobson II MD (Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Director) (Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Director)

  4. Section of Vascular Surgery, Pennsylvania Vascular Associates, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Keith D. Calligaro MD (Chief) (Chief)

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Norgren, L. (2003). Angioplasty for Critical Arterial Stenosis. In: Geroulakos, G., van Urk, H., Hobson, R.W., Calligaro, K.D. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3870-9_17

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