Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences Hospital Practices and Research 2476-390X 6 1 2021 03 01 Primary Patency Rate of Superficial Femoral Artery Angioplasty in Patients with Stenosis/Occlusion of Femoropopliteal Artery 35 38 122192 10.34172/hpr.2021.07 EN Pezhman Farshidmehr Department of Vascular Surgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-1492-6934 Roozbeh Cheraghali Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran 0000-0002-3215-8043 Hossein Zabihi Mahmoudabadi Department of General Surgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-9092-5124 Mohammad Sadra Nazari Department of Vascular Surgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ali Gilani Department of General Surgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ehsan Rahimpour Department of General Surgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2020 09 21 <strong>Background: </strong>The primary patency rate (PPR) is still controversial in angioplasty and heart bypass surgery for blood vessel repair and reconstruction in patients with femoropopliteal disease.<br /> <strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the prolonged PPR rate in patients with stenosis/occlusion of the femoropopliteal artery undergoing superficial femoral artery (SFA) and popliteal angioplasty.<br /> <strong>Methods: </strong>A case series study population consisted of patients demonstrating femoropopliteal artery occlusion referred to Sina Hospital, Tehran, Iran for angiography during 2016-2018. After angiography, patients underwent either stent placement or balloon angioplasty in the case of stenosis/occlusion of femoropopliteal arteries. After angioplasty, patients were followed up in the 3rd, 12th, and 24th months for re-examination, and color Doppler ultrasonography of femoropopliteal arteries was also performed to measure the patency rate. The SPSS Statistics version 21.0 was used to analyze the data. The Kaplan–Meier method and a log-rank test were utilized to evaluate this rate.<br /> <strong>Results:</strong> Sixty patients were included in the study, from which 44 were women (73.3%) and 16 were men (26.6%) with a mean age of 69.9 years. Fifty-two, 41, and 29 patients were examined at intervals of 3, 12, 24 months, with PPRs of 86%, 79%, and 68%, respectively. There was a significant relationship between claudication degree and procedure success (<em>P </em>= 0.02).<br /> <strong>Conclusion: </strong>The prolonged PPR rate of patients after femoropopliteal artery angioplasty was acceptable and was a safe and effective treatment. For future studies, an increase in the number of study variables, a more comprehensive classification, and PPR-related variables are suggested. https://www.jhpr.ir/article_122192_c3dd2371efde6c9989e9086c85bca2da.pdf