title: A call for uniform reporting standards in studies assessing endovascular treatment for chronic ischaemia of lower limb arteries.
abstract: Endovascular therapy is a rapidly evolving field for the treatment of patients with peripheral arterial disease, and a magnitude of studies reporting on various modern revascularization concepts have been recently published. Thus, studies assessing the efficacy of endovascular therapy of peripheral arteries do not operate with uniformly defined endpoints, rendering a direct comparison of studies difficult. The purpose of this consensus statement is to highlight differences in the terminology used in the current literature and to propose some standardized criteria that must be considered when reporting results of endovascular revascularization for chronic ischaemia of lower limb arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Interventional Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Diehm
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaff
authors.forename: Dai-Do
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Do
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Minar
authors.forename: Jürg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidli
authors.forename: Curt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diehm
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biamino
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vermassen
authors.forename: Dierk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scheinert
authors.forename: Marc R H M
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: van Sambeek
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schillinger
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000792:Angiography / Q000592:standards; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012008:Recurrence; D012015:Reference Standards; D012737:Sex Factors; D015607:Stents; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency