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Below-the-ankle Angioplasty: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives

Author(s) -

Stavros Spiliοpoulos,

Lazaros Reppas,

Konstantinos Palialexis,

Εlias Brountzos

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

vascular and endovascular review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2516-3302

pISSN - 2516-3299

DOI - 10.15420/ver.2018.19.2

Subject(s) - angioplasty , medicine , critical limb ischemia , ankle , arterial disease , bypass surgery , endovascular treatment , surgery , disease , vascular disease , cardiology , artery , aneurysm

More than 20 million adults in Europe have peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and the worldwide prevalence of the disease increases to 20% for patients over 70 years of age. The annual incidence of PAD is approximately 2.4%, while the annual incidence of critical limb ischaemia (CLI), the last and most severe stage of PAD, has been reported to be 0.4%. CLI is a limb-threatening pathology that has been correlated with exceedingly high amputation rates when prompt revascularisation is not offered. A mortality rate of over 50% at 5 years after the diagnosis has been reported.

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