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Would this support 35371 and 35372? I think 35355. "We performed a linear incision overlying the common femoral artery and dissected down onto the artery without difficulty. As expected, the external iliac, common femoral, and superficial femoral were densely calcified. We then proceeded to expose the deep femoral and dissected it down to the third collateral branch. In the process, we had to ligate the deep femoral vein to give additional distal exposure. We reached a soft spot on the deep femoral. All the side branches were looped. We prepared for clamp application on the external iliac and at this point we administered heparin, dose 100 units per kilogram. Clamps were applied. We made an arteriotomy beginning at the distal deep femoral and then running the arteriotomy onto the common femoral. We also extended the arteriotomy onto the superficial femoral. We performed aggressive endarterectomy of the distal external iliac, common femoral, and deep femoral."