Impact of malnutrition and frailty on mortality and major amputation in patients with CLTI.
Adham M KarimJun LiMuhammad S PanhwarSamiullah ArshadShihabaldean ShalabiCarlos Mena-HurtadoHerbert D AronowEric A SecemskyMehdi H ShishehborPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2022)
Many patients with CLTI are malnourished or frail, and this is associated with mortality and amputation. Both malnourished and frail patients were observed to have a mortality benefit with a less invasive approach to revascularization. Better assessment of nutritional and frailty status of CLTI patients may guide therapy and help prevent amputation and death.