Increased mortality in octogenarians treated for lifestyle limiting claudication.
Young ErbenCarlos I Mena-HurtadoSamuel M MillerRaymond A JeanBrandon J SumpioCamilo A VelasquezHamid MojibianJohn ArunyAlan DardikBauer E SumpioPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2018)
Although endovascular techniques seem to dominate the care for octogenarians with LLC, the overall morbidity and mortality rates are significantly higher in this patient population. Other options such as medical management and/or supervised exercise therapy should be explored in this patient group.