Pedal access: Put the "pedal to the metal" or drive with caution?

Pedal artery access is associated with few acute complications. Pedal access differs from radial access by often being and associated with the atherosclerotic process being treated. Long-term patency of pedal artery access is necessary before routine adoption.

The use of femoropopliteal stent-grafts for critical limb ischemia.

Peripheral vascular disease of the femoropopliteal segment is one of the most common anatomic locations leading to patient symptoms. Traditional open surgical bypass has started to be supplanted by a surge in lower risk endovascular procedures. Though midterm results of endovascular therapy have been acceptable, longer term results, especially in long diffuse disease, appear to be less durable than their surgical alternatives.