Randomized comparison of everolimus-eluting versus bare-metal stents in patients with critical limb ischemia and infrapopliteal arterial occlusive disease Marc Bosiers, MD, Dierk Scheinert, MD, Patrick Peeters, MD, Giovanni Torsello, MD, Thomas Zeller, MD, Koen Deloose, MD, Andrej Schmidt, MD, Jörg Tessarek, MD, Erwin Vinck, Lewis B. Schwartz, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 55, Issue 2, Pages 390-398 (February 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.07.099 Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Primary patency of infrapopliteal lesions treated in the DESTINY trial. The difference in patency between the Vision and Xience V groups was highly statistically significant (P = .001). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012 55, 390-398DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2011.07.099) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Freedom from target lesion revascularization (TLR) of infrapopliteal lesions treated in the DESTINY trial. The difference in TLR between the Vision and Xience V groups was highly statistically significant (P = .001). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012 55, 390-398DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2011.07.099) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Clinical outcome of patients treated in the DESTINY trial by Rutherford class. The top panel represents the Vision group and the bottom panel represents the Xience V group. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012 55, 390-398DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2011.07.099) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Survival of patients treated in the DESTINY trial. There was no observed difference in survival between the Vision and Xience V groups (P = .96). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012 55, 390-398DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2011.07.099) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions