The provider performs stent placement (deployment of a small mesh tube to hold the artery open), possibly with angioplasty (balloon expansion of the narrowed area), for a complex lesion (complete blockage, or occlusion) in an initial vessel in the iliac vascular territory, which includes the common iliac, internal iliac, and external iliac arteries. The service includes all access, catheterization, lesion crossing, and imaging guidance needed to complete the procedure. The approach may be open or percutaneous.
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