Long intact plaque extracted by femoral artery endarterectomy (August 2022 [1])

Published: 08/24/2022

Authors: Lynda J. Condell and Gergely Gosi

This intraoperative image shows an intact calcified plaque removed by endarterectomy. The plaque had caused a long occlusion of the superficial femoral artery. Superficial femoral artery endarterectomy should be considered when the saphenous vein is unavailable.