Commentary: Is Prophylactic Paving of Highly Calcified Femoropopliteal Occlusions All It's Cracked Up to Be?

J Endovasc Ther

1 Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Published: June 2018

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