Management of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

Publication Date: June 3, 2019
Last Updated: December 15, 2022

Recommendations

Definitions and nomenclature

Use a lower extremity threatened limb classification staging system (eg, SVS’s WIfI classification system) that grades wound extent, degree of ischemia, and severity of infection to guide clinical management in all patients with suspected CLTI. ( S , C )
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Use objective hemodynamic tests to determine the presence and to quantify the severity of ischemia in all patients with suspected CLTI ( S , C )
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Overview

Title

Management of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

Authoring Organization

Society for Vascular Surgery