title: Vascular Specialist Response to Medicare Evidence Development Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) Panel on Peripheral Artery Disease of the Lower Extremities.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (represented SCAI). Electronic address: shishem@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Mehdi H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Shishehbor
authors.affiliation: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Herbert D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (represented SVM).
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bartholomew
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Joshua A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Beckman
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (represented SVM).
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Froehlich
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai, New York, New York (represented SIR).
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lookstein
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (represented SIR).
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California (represented ACR).
authors.forename: Anne C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (represented SCAI).
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rosenfield
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (represented VIVA).
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Jaff
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D000368:Aged; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*; D006278:Medicare; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States
keywords: MEDCAC; Peripheral artery disease; critical limb ischema; intermittent claudication; recommendations