Clinical Profile, Epidemiological Trends, and Surgical Outcomes of Infrainguinal Arterial Disease: A Single-Center Descriptive Study from South Asia
Keywords:
Infrainguinal arterial disease; Peripheral arterial disease; Open bypass surgery; Critical limb ischemia; Thromboangiitis obliterans; Atherosclerosis obliterans; Limb salvage; Amputation-free survival; Smoking; Vascular surgery.Abstract
Background: Infrainguinal arterialocclusive disease constitutes a substantialproportion of peripheral arterial diseaserequiring surgical revascularization.Patients presenting with advancedinfrainguinal disease frequently have multiple cardiovascular risk factors andmay present with critical limb ischemia,particularly
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