TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics and outcomes of patients with peripheral artery disease undergoing endovascular revascularization
T2 - A community hospital perspective
AU - Michael Gharacholou, S.
AU - Li, Zhuo
AU - Uy, Jonathan J.
AU - Eckstein, Lee H.
AU - Flock, Carolyn R.
AU - Senger, Joshua L.
AU - Gutierrez, Jorge F.Trejo
AU - Chapman, Scott C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Background: There are limited data on outcomes for patients with peripheral artery disease undergoing endovascular revascularization by multi-disciplinary teams in a community hospital setting. Methods: From January 2015 through December 2015, we assembled a multi-disciplinary program comprised of cardiologists, surgeons, radiologists, nurses, and administrative staff for managing patients with peripheral artery disease undergoing endovascular revascularization. Demographic, procedural, and outcomes data were collected with use of a template from the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative database. We compared characteristics and outcomes of patients with intermittent claudication and critical limb ischemia. We used Kaplan–Meier methods to estimate the rate of overall survival and freedom from rehospitalization between groups. Results: After excluding patients with acute limb ischemia (n = 5), peripheral intervention to the upper extremity (n = 6), or abdominal aorta (n = 11), there were 82 patients in the study cohort; 45 had intermittent claudication and 37 had critical limb ischemia. Baseline and procedural characteristics were similar between groups, although critical limb ischemia patients were more likely to have hyperlipidemia (75.7% vs. 53.3%, P =.42). Procedural success was achieved in 91.3% of cases. Actionable access site bleeding occurred in 2.4% of patients. High rates of aspirin (91.5%) and statin (87.8%) were noted at discharge. After two years of post endovascular revascularization, survival was 57.5% for critical limb ischemia patients and 94.4% for intermittent claudication patients (P <.001). Freedom from rehospitalization was 32.7% for critical limb ischemia patients and 83.5% for intermittent claudication patients (P <.001). Conclusions: We found that favorable outcomes may be achieved with a multi-disciplinary peripheral artery disease program at community hospitals. The incorporation of quality improvement practices may further help to develop standardized and regionalized approaches to care delivery for patients with peripheral artery disease.
AB - Background: There are limited data on outcomes for patients with peripheral artery disease undergoing endovascular revascularization by multi-disciplinary teams in a community hospital setting. Methods: From January 2015 through December 2015, we assembled a multi-disciplinary program comprised of cardiologists, surgeons, radiologists, nurses, and administrative staff for managing patients with peripheral artery disease undergoing endovascular revascularization. Demographic, procedural, and outcomes data were collected with use of a template from the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative database. We compared characteristics and outcomes of patients with intermittent claudication and critical limb ischemia. We used Kaplan–Meier methods to estimate the rate of overall survival and freedom from rehospitalization between groups. Results: After excluding patients with acute limb ischemia (n = 5), peripheral intervention to the upper extremity (n = 6), or abdominal aorta (n = 11), there were 82 patients in the study cohort; 45 had intermittent claudication and 37 had critical limb ischemia. Baseline and procedural characteristics were similar between groups, although critical limb ischemia patients were more likely to have hyperlipidemia (75.7% vs. 53.3%, P =.42). Procedural success was achieved in 91.3% of cases. Actionable access site bleeding occurred in 2.4% of patients. High rates of aspirin (91.5%) and statin (87.8%) were noted at discharge. After two years of post endovascular revascularization, survival was 57.5% for critical limb ischemia patients and 94.4% for intermittent claudication patients (P <.001). Freedom from rehospitalization was 32.7% for critical limb ischemia patients and 83.5% for intermittent claudication patients (P <.001). Conclusions: We found that favorable outcomes may be achieved with a multi-disciplinary peripheral artery disease program at community hospitals. The incorporation of quality improvement practices may further help to develop standardized and regionalized approaches to care delivery for patients with peripheral artery disease.
KW - Multidisciplinary
KW - outcomes
KW - peripheral artery disease
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U2 - 10.1177/1708538120958858
DO - 10.1177/1708538120958858
M3 - Article
C2 - 32951559
AN - SCOPUS:85091280216
SN - 1708-5381
VL - 29
SP - 372
EP - 379
JO - Vascular
JF - Vascular
IS - 3
ER -