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Successful Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusions with the Wildcat Catheter

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Volume 7, Issue 7 (July 2010)

Oscar C. Munoz, MD, FACC, Ediberto Soto-Cora, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Kamran Ali, MD, FACC, Szymon L. Wiernek, MD, Barbara K. Wiernek, MS, R. Stefan Kiesz, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC

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In North America and Europe, over 27 million people suffer from peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Neglected PAD is a leading cause of disability among people aged 50 years and older. The resulting complications are a tremendous cost to society. PAD may produce symptoms from claudication to ulceration, gangrene and limb loss. The severity of presentation depends on the extent of the disease, the degree of stenosis (from minor stenosis to total occlusions) and the presence of collateral circulation.

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