A call for uniform reporting standards in studies assessing endovascular treatment for chronic ischaemia of lower limb arteries.
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.
Diehm
Nicolas
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Department of Clinical and Interventional Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Baumgartner
Iris
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Jaff
Michael
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Do
Dai-Do
DD
Minar
Erich
E
Schmidli
Jürg
J
Diehm
Curt
C
Biamino
Giancarlo
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Vermassen
Frank
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Scheinert
Dierk
D
van Sambeek
Marc R H M
MR
Schillinger
Martin
M
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