• DOI:10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.5955-12.1
• Corpus ID: 8573792

Critical limb ischemia: an update for interventional radiologists.

@article{Brazeau2013CriticalLI,
  title={Critical limb ischemia: an update for interventional radiologists.},
  author={Nicholas F. Brazeau and Erique Guedes Pinto and H. Benjamin Harvey and George Rachid de Oliveira and Benjamin J Pomerantz and Stephan T Wicky and Rahmi Oklu},
  journal={Diagnostic and interventional radiology},
  year={2013},
  volume={19 2},
  pages={
          173-80
        }
}

• N. Brazeau, E. Pinto, +4 authors R. Oklu
• Published 2013
• Medicine, Biology
• Diagnostic and interventional radiology

Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a growing epidemic with bleak patient outcomes. A variety of treatment modalities have been adopted to address CLI based on comorbidities, life expectancy, and the nature of the arterial disease. With advances in technology and treatment strategies, the clinical outcomes of CLI patients have significantly improved over recent years. However, despite progress, patency rates of both surgical and endovascular interventions, limb-salvage and amputation rates are still dismal. We review the epidemiology, treatment strategies, imaging modalities, and the microcirculation aspect of CLI.