Sequent Please Drug Coated Balloons Versus Primary Stent Application in Long SFA Lesions

Inclusion Criteria: * PAOD and Rutherford classes 2 - 4 (pain-free walking distance \<500 m) * eligible for peripheral revascularization by means of PTA * peripheral lesions in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) and / or the PI-segment of the popliteal artery (A.pop.) * minimum diameter stenosis of ≥70% * treatment length at least 15 cm (lesion length at least 13 cm) * maximum of lesions to be treated should be 2 (all treated lesions should be treated within the randomization to the study group, i.e. either coated balloon catheters or coated stents or bare nitinol stents); in case of two lesions matching the eligibility criteria, the one presenting the worst attributes (length and stenosis degree) should be chosen as target lesion * long diffuse stenosis with or without occlusions may only be divided in separate lesions if non-stenotic (i.e. \<50% stenosis) segments in between the lesions extent to \>2 cm, otherwise vessel segments will be treated as a single extended lesion * eligible for an operative vascular intervention in case of complications during the PTA Exclusion Criteria: * Rutherford class 1,5 or 6 * more than two stenotic lesions in the target vessel requiring treatment * inflow lesion (proximal to the study lesion) with flow limitation not being successfully treated prior to the study lesion * in-stent restenosis of the study lesion * strongly calcified lesions with circumferential presence of calcifications and a lesion calcification length of \>4 cm * ref…