NATIONWIDE READMISSIONS FOLLOWING LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL PROCEDURES

Mortality following operations for lower extremity peripheral arterial disease

BACKGROUND We sought to identify risk factors associated with mortality following surgery for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). METHODS We evaluated the association between levels of control of atherosclerotic risk factors and time to mortality following either lower extremity bypass surgery or lower extremity amputation using Cox proportional hazards regression. RESULTS Among 796 patients...

Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease

Eight to 12 million people in United States have PAD (Allison et al. 2007). Only ~10% of patients with PAD have classic intermittent claudication (IC), ~50% have atypical leg symptoms and ~40% are asymptomatic (Hiatt 2001). Its prevalence significantly increases with age; 12 – 20% of those above the age of 65 years suffer from PAD (Ostchega al. 2007). The prevalence of PAD is similar in men and...

Lower Extremity Peripherals Arterial Disease Treatment

Recurrent Symptoms following Lower-extremity Angioplasty

ACR Appropriateness Criteria 1 Recurrent Symptoms–Lower-Extremity Angioplasty American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria Clinical Condition: Recurrent Symptoms Following Lower-Extremity Angioplasty Variant 1: Claudication. Radiologic Procedure Rating Comments RRL* Segmental Doppler pressures and pulse volume recordings 9 Usual first tests. O MRA lower extremity without and with ...

Choice of level in lower extremity amputation--nationwide survey.

This survey analyses the levels of all major lower limb amputations in Denmark performed in 1980. During that year a total of 2,404 amputations were carried out on 2,177 patients.