Revisiting endovascular treatment in below-the-knee disease. Are drug-eluting stents the best option?

Table 1 Endovascular devices for infrapopliteal arterial disease

Balloon angioplasty

Bare metal stents (balloon- or self-expandable)

Drug-eluting stents

Bioabsorbable stents

Bioabsorbable drug-eluting stents

Drug-coated balloons

Drug-infusion devices

Atherectomy devices

Lithotripsy

Table 2 Randomized controlled trials for infrapopliteal drug-eluting technologies

Study	Yr of publication
Falkowski et al[22]	2009
BELOW. Tepe et al[23]	2010
ACHILLES. Scheinert et al[24]	2012
YUKON-BTX Rastan et al[25]	2012
DESTINY Bosiers et al[26]	2012
DEBATE-BTK. Liistro et al[27]	2013
IN.PACT DEEP. Zeller et al[28]	2014
IDEAS. Siablis et al[7]	2014
BIOLUX P-II. Zeller et al[29]	2015
PADI. Spreen et al[30]	2017