Novel Endovascular Technologies in Femoropopliteal Disease

Superficial femoral and popliteal arteries (SFPA) are the most common site of disease in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and presents some of the greatest challenges for endovascular treatment. Since the 1980s there has been a remarkable advancement in the endovascular treatment of lower-limb peripheral artery disease, with the introduction of new interventional techniques and devices. Techniques such as percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with balloon dilation, stents, atherectomy, cutting balloons, drug-coated balloon angioplasty and percutaneous thrombectomy have become established in providing treatment with new techniques always on the rise, providing a platform for target lesion revascularisation and amputation-free survival.