Figure 3.

Importance of imaging the femoral artery before upsizing sheaths. (A) Note the very small distance between the origin of the SFA and the sheath entry site into the femoral artery (< 5 mm). (B) In the contralateral femoral arterial vessel in the same patient, the sheath entry is superior to the figure on the left (12 mm superior to the origin of the left SFA), thereby allowing the use of a Preclose device and less likely to cause SFA injury when upsizing the sheath for stent placement. SFA: superficial femoral artery.