Carotid Intima-media Thickness, Carotid Wall Shear Stress and Restenosis After Femoro-popliteal Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA)

In this pilot study involving a limited number of patients, carotid IMT and carotid WSS are not significantly related to restenosis at 6 months after femoro-popliteal PTA. This might be the result of different underlying pathophysiology for atherosclerosis and restenosis.