Association between critical limb ischemia, the Society for Vascular Surgery Wound, Ischemia and foot Infection (WIfI) classification system and arterial stiffness.

Arterial stiffness analysis has been done in order to classify cardiovascular risk. The aim of this study is to analyze whether the group of patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) has higher arterial stiffness indices than controls. The secondary objectives are: to assess whether patients with advanced stages of Wound, Ischemia and foot Infection (WIfI) classification have high levels of arterial stiffness; through multiple linear regression to analyze whether the ankle-brachial index (ABI) and other variables are predictive of arterial stiffness.
Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Clinical Research, Basic Science Source Type: research