Aortic & peripheral vascular disease
Clinical outcomes of acute limb ischaemia caused by femoropopliteal stent thrombosis
Authors' conclusion
The current study revealed that patients with ST-ALI had worse clinical outcomes than those with de novo ALI
Study context
- Population
- Patients with lower extremity artery disease and acute limb ischaemia (ALI) treated September 2011–March 2023
- Participants
- 499 patients
- Exposure
- ALI caused by femoropopliteal stent thrombosis (ST) vs ALI of other aetiologies
- ST-ALIn = 108
- De novo ALIn = 391reference
- Outcome
- Amputation-free survival
- Follow-up
- 12 months
Methodological detailsmulticentre
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
12-month amputation-free survival
P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Baseline characteristics
DM
Haemodialysis
Age ST-ALI 74 years · de novo ALI 80 years
AF
Factors associated with death or major amputation (multivariate Cox)
- ST-ALI, older age, haemodialysis, AF, presence of a wound, peak C-reactive protein level and non-ambulatory status independently and positively associated with death or major amputation
Original publication
Clinical outcomes of acute limb ischaemia caused by femoropopliteal stent thrombosis. EuroIntervention. Published 16 September 2024. doi:10.
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