Five Year Survival in Medicare Patients Undergoing Interventions for Peripheral Arterial Disease: a Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Linked Registry Claims Data

CONCLUSION: Long term survival in Medicare patients undergoing interventions in VQI centres for peripheral arterial disease is poor. Two thirds of CLTI patients and over one third of IC patients were not alive at 5 years. Intervening for IC in patients with high mortality risk should be avoided. For CLTI patients identified with decreased survival likelihood, intervention durability may be less important than invasiveness. Pre-operative medical optimisation should always be undertaken.PMID:37543356 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.07.055

Source: PubMed: Eur J Vasc Endovasc ... - August 5, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Scott R Levin Alik Farber Philip P Goodney Elizabeth G King Mohammad H Eslami Mahmoud B Malas Virendra I Patel Sharon C Kiang Jeffrey J Siracuse VQI VISION Source Type: research