Peripheral Artery Disease Causes More Harm to Patients than COVID-19.
Mohammad Mahdi KasiriMartina MittlboekGiurgiana-Aura GiurgeaNorbert FortnerPhilip LirkWolf EilenbergBernd GollacknerChristoph NeumayerPublished in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Strict lockdown protocols adversely affected the care of PAD patients, with persisting aftereffects, including increased emergency admission with unsuccessful revascularization attempts leading to limb amputation, even after the peak of the pandemic had passed. We believe that providing continuous care to PAD patients, even in times of global pandemics, will prevent the unfavorable outcomes observed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- peripheral artery disease
- chronic kidney disease
- palliative care
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- quality improvement
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- weight loss
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- lower limb