Randomized clinical trial to compare the efficacy of self-expanding bare metal nitinol stent and balloon angioplasty alone for below-the-knee lesions following successful balloon angioplasty: 1-year clinical outcomes

• Jihun Ahn ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jihun Ahn, HyeYon Yu

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea

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• HyeYon Yu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jihun Ahn, HyeYon Yu

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Korea

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• Seung-Woon Rha ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: swrha617@yahoo.co.kr

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9456-9852

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• Byoung Geol Choi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea

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• Dong Oh Kang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea

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• Cheol Ung Choi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Cardiovascular Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea

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• Sangho Park,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea

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• Jon Seo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Bucheon, Korea

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• Kichang Kim,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Shihwa General Hospital, Siheung, Korea

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• Minung Kim,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Changwon Hanmaeum Hospital, Changwon, Korea

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• Yong Hoon Kim,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea

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• Yong Seong Seo

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Myongji Hospital, Goyang, Korea

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