
Endovascular Treatment for Critical Limb Ischemia in Type II Diabetes Mellitus Involving Femoropopliteal and Infrapopliteal Segments: Revascularization Strategy
Author(s) -
Nabil A Al-Zoubi,
Nawaf J Shatnawi,
Lujain Bakkar,
Mohammad Al-Sabah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vascular health and risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1178-2048
pISSN - 1176-6344
DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s298435
Subject(s) - medicine , critical limb ischemia , amputation , revascularization , angioplasty , diabetes mellitus , surgery , mortality rate , concomitant , myocardial infarction , endocrinology
To determine if further endovascular infrapopliteal angioplasty in combination with femoropopliteal revascularization improves the clinical outcomes regarding major amputation rate, rate of secondary interventions, and mortality in diabetic type-II patients presented with critical lower limb ischemia (CLI).