Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty in Patients With Infrapopliteal Arterial Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Contemporary outcomes of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for the treatment of infrapopliteal atherosclerotic lesions are not well characterized. Hence, a systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to determine the safety and effectiveness of this approach in patients with advanced below-the-knee arterial disease.

Methods And Results: MEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched for contemporary studies (2005-2015) on the effects of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for the treatment of infrapopliteal lesions.