Diehm Nicolas, Baumgartner Iris, Jaff Michael, Do Dai-Do, Minar Erich, Schmidli Jürg, Diehm Curt, Biamino Giancarlo, Vermassen Frank, Scheinert Dierk, van Sambeek Marc R H M, Schillinger Martin
Department of Clinical and Interventional Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Eur Heart J. 2007 Apr;28(7):798-805. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl545. Epub 2007 Feb 22.
Endovascular therapy is a rapidly evolving field for the treatment of patients with peripheral arterial disease, and a magnitude of studies reporting on various modern revascularization concepts have been recently published. Thus, studies assessing the efficacy of endovascular therapy of peripheral arteries do not operate with uniformly defined endpoints, rendering a direct comparison of studies difficult. The purpose of this consensus statement is to highlight differences in the terminology used in the current literature and to propose some standardized criteria that must be considered when reporting results of endovascular revascularization for chronic ischaemia of lower limb arteries.
