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The treatment of symptomatic peripheral atherosclerosis remains problematic. No effective medical therapy exists at present and current surgical therapy is invasive and associated with relatively high long-term failure rates. In addition, peripheral atherosclerosis occurs in elderly patients who often have significant medical problems, which makes them less than ideal surgical candidates. Alternative treatment such as balloon angioplasty, though of benefit in some patients with localized stenosis or very short occlusions, is limited by a high rate of restenosis and long-term results inferior to surgical reconstruction. Thus, therapy is often withheld from patients with peripheral atherosclerosis until symptoms become very severe or limb-threatening ischemia develops.
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Seeger, J.M., Abela, G.S. (1990). Laser Recanalization and Treatment of Peripheral Atherosclerosis: A Vascular Surgeon’s Perspective. In: Abela, G.S. (eds) Lasers in Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery: Fundamentals and Techniques. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 103. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1489-9_18
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