In-hospital Outcomes and Trends of Endovascular Intervention vs Surgical Revascularization in Octogenarians with Peripheral Artery Disease

It is unknown whether endovascular intervention (EVI) is associated with superior outcomes when compared with surgical revascularization in octogenarian. National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database was used to compare the outcomes of limb revascularization in octogenarians who had surgical revascularization versus EVI. The NIS database's information on PAD patients ≥80-year-old who underwent limb revascularization between 2002 to 2014 included 394,504 octogenarian patients, of which 184,926 underwent surgical revascularization (46.9%) and 209,578 underwent EVI (53.1%).
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research