Role of Sex in Determining Treatment Type for Patients Undergoing Endovascular Lower Extremity Revascularization.

ABSTRACT: Background Limited data exist to describe factors that influence the use of different endovascular treatments for peripheral arterial disease. Therefore, we studied sex differences in the utilization of endovascular treatment modalities and their impact on arterial patency. Methods and Results We analyzed procedures from 2010 to 2016 in the Vascular Quality Initiative for arteries treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) alone, stenting (with/without PTA), and atherectomy (with/without PTA). We explored sex differences in treatment modality by arterial segment (iliac, femoropopliteal, and tibial) with multivariable logistic regression. We used Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and multivariable Cox regression to study sex differences in arterial reintervention and occlusion. I

SUBMITTER: Ramkumar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6755836 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature