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Principles of Endovascular Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia

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Endovascular therapy for critical limb ischemia has been used for approximately four decades. However, the data supporting its use has only recently been studied. Most of these studies support the use of endovascular therapies with equivalent outcomes to surgical revascularization. Furthermore, endovascular first approach does not compromise future surgical approaches to revascularization. Long-term follow-up of patients after revascularization is necessary, as is a multidisciplinary-team approach, for optimization of patient care and wound healing.

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Dieter, R.S. (2017). Principles of Endovascular Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia. In: Dieter, R., Dieter, Jr, R., Dieter, III, R., Nanjundappa, A. (eds) Critical Limb Ischemia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31991-9_34

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