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In addition, pre- and procedural imaging, lesion specific characteristics, such as the presence of chronic total occlusions, lesion length and calcification or the presence of thrombus are evaluated. Furthermore, run-off vessels serving as potential conduits for retrograde puncture in case of failed antegrade crossing need to be considered. Based on lesion-specific variables and the type of crossing (intraluminal versus subintimal), options for lesion preparation techniques, including plain-old-balloon angioplasty (POBA), specialty balloons, atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy and\/or thrombectomy are selected prior to the definitive treatment of the lesion. The selection of such vessel preparation strategies depends on the current scientific evidence, guidelines and expert opinion statements. Treatment of patients with intermittent claudication or chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) are now discussed, where a recently published lesion preparation algorithm is applied. 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