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ABSTRACT: Introduction
Previous studies have suggested that women with chroniclimb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) may have worse outcomes than men. The aim of this study was to determine whether there are sex-related differences in outcomes of patients with CLTI undergoing endovascular treatment with current endovascular technologies.Patients and methods
Data were derived from the LIBERTY 360 study (NCT01855412). Hazard ratios and the respective 95% confidence intervals were synthesized to examine the association between sex and all-cause mortality, target vessel revascularization (TVR), major amputation, major adverse event (MAE) and major amputation/death up to 3 years of follow-up.Results
A total of 689 patients with CLTI (female: N=252 vs male: N=437) treated with any FDA ap
SUBMITTER: Giannopoulos S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7354949 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature