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However, little is known about the efficacy of DES in infapopliteal lesions involving the arterial bifurcations. This is the first report on the endovascular treatment of below\u2010the knee bifurcations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>11 patients with critical lower limb ischemia and complex infrapopliteal atherosclerotic disease underwent provisional DES placement in infrapopliteal bifurcation lesions. Clinical and angiographic follow\u2013up data were prospectively collected in all patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Technical success was achieved in all cases. After 6 months, the two vessel primary patency (2VPP) rate was 54.5% and the 1VPP rate was 81.8%. Between baseline and the follow\u2010up, mean ankle\u2010brachial index increased from 0.31\u2009\u00b1\u20090.10 to 0.68\u2009\u00b1\u20090.16, and mean Rutherford\u2013Becker class decreased from 4.73\u2009\u00b1\u20090.20 to 3.00\u2009\u00b1\u20091.41 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001 for both comparisons).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Bifurcation stenting techniques, that are described for the coronary arteries can be also performed in the infrapopliteal arteries. However, early reocclusion was frequent in this case series, when stenting was performed in a bail\u2010out setting. 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