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Worse cardiovascular prognosis after endovascular surgery for intermittent claudication caused by infrainguinal atherosclerotic disease in patients with diabetes.

Ardwan DakhelMoncef ZarroukJan EkelundStefan AcostaPeter NilssonMervete MiftarajBjörn EliassonAnn-Marie SvenssonAnders Gottsäter
Published in: Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism (2020)
Patients with DM have higher rates of MACE, AMI, and major amputation in propensity score adjusted analysis during 5 years of follow-up after infrainguinal endovascular surgery for IC. Furthermore, HbA1c is associated with total mortality in patients with DM. Prevention and treatment of DM is important to improve cardiovascular and limb outcomes.
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