Impact of early intervention on health status outcomes in peripheral artery disease patients with chronic total occlusion lesions using the PORTRAIT registry.

Patients with symptomatic PAD undergoing early revascularization exhibited better health status over time vs those undergoing noninvasive treatment strategy, irrespective of the presence of CTOs. The degree of the improvement was greater in the 3 months after the initial visit, especially in patients undergoing early revascularization.