Treatment of iliac atherosclerotic lesions using the balloon-expandable dynamic bare metal stent: One-year outcomes of the BIODYNAMIC single-center retrospective analysis.

Objectives: Endovascular therapy using balloon expandable stents has become the treatment standard for most iliac atherosclerotic lesions. We aimed to assess the safety and performance of the Dynamic stainless-steel balloon-expanding stent system in this location.

Methods: BIODYNAMIC is a retrospective single center study including consecutive patients with iliac lesions treated with the Dynamic stent system.

A randomized, multi-center, prospective study comparing best medical treatment versus best medical treatment plus renal artery stenting in patients with hemodynamically relevant atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (RADAR) - one-year results of a pre-maturely terminated study.

Background: The indications for conservative "best medical treatment" (BMT) versus additional renal artery stenting are a matter of ongoing debate. The RADAR study aimed to evaluate the impact of percutaneous renal artery stenting on the impaired renal function in patients with hemodynamically significant atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (RAS).

Methods: RADAR is an international, prospective, randomized (1:1) controlled study comparing BMT alone versus BMT plus renal artery stenting in patients with duplex sonographic hemodynamically relevant RAS.

Credentialing in interventional therapy in Europe - comparison of curricula including endovascular therapy of arterial diseases.

The prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) is continuously increasing. In addition, the treatment of PAD has changed substantially over the last decades. Novel treatment modalities and diagnostic tools were developed and endovascular therapy was established as a first-line therapy.