Trends in Lower Extremity Artery Disease Repair Incidence, Comorbidity, and Mortality: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study, 1996-2018.
Anders MøllerNikolaj EldrupJorn WetterslevDorthe HellemannHenning Bay NielsenKlaus RostgaardHenrik HjalgrimOle Birger Vesterager PedersenPublished in: Vascular health and risk management (2024)
The incidence rate of LEAD repair decreased in Denmark from 1996 to 2018, especially in persons younger than 80 years, and primarily due to reduced revascularization for claudication. Adjusted mortality rates decreased following open surgery, but seemed unaltered following PTA.