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All patients presented with lifestyle-limiting claudication or chronic limb-threatening ischemia (Rutherford 3\u20136). The primary outcome was 12-month primary patency on duplex ultrasound; secondary outcomes were technical success and freedom from target-lesion revascularization (TLR). Multivariable logistic regression identified predictors of loss of primary patency and TLR, and Kaplan\u2013 Meier analysis compared patency across treatment groups and access sites.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n Successful lesion crossing was achieved in 109 of 117 CTOs (93.2%). Technical success was similar for RA + DCB (94.3%) and DCB alone (94.6%). At 12 months, primary patency (67.3% vs. 50%,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.16) and freedom from TLR (70.2% vs. 54.2%,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.26) did not differ between treatment modalities, nor between femoral and popliteal access. Diabetes mellitus independently reduced the odds of primary patency (odds ratio [OR], 0.30, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.11\u20130.88) and TLR-free survival (OR, 0.28, 95% CI, 0.09\u20130.86). Longer occlusion length predicted crossing failure (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.008) but not loss of patency. No procedure-related major adverse limb events occurred.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n Routine addition of RA to DCB angioplasty for all SFA CTOs is not supported. RA-facilitated DCB may confer benefit only in selected heavily calcified lesions. 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