with the percutaneous rotating tip atherectomy catheter completed by balloon dilatation.
Thirty-one patients had tight intermittent claudication of the lower limbs, five had resting pain
and 10 had skin disorders. The length of the occlusion ranged from 2 to 24 cm. Of 46
procedures, 40 (87%) were immediately successful (increase of mean Doppler systolic
ankle-arm index from 0.44 to 0.89) and six (13%) were failures. In two it was impossible to …