PAD Awareness Month 2023
September is PAD Awareness Month, and the CLI Global Society would like to bring attention to the warning signs of peripheral artery disease, the predecessor of critical limb ische…
CLI Global Society Statement Regarding NYT Article
This document is written in response to a recent article published in the New York Times on July 15, 2023, regarding healthcare and limb loss. The Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) Gl…
Amputations Are Deadly
Press Release Grandville, MI, June 26, 2023 – The Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) Global Society is urging individuals with poor leg and feet circulation to seek crucial …
Outcomes of Orbital Atherectomy in Patients With Critical Limb Threatening Ischemia and Diabetes
Patients with diabetes and critical limb threatening ischemia (CLTI) are at significantly higher risk of limb loss and death. We evaluate the outcomes of orbital atherect…
Systematic Meta-analysis—A Scientific Gold Standard for All Therapies?
From the Department of Angiology, Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany. Disclosure: The author has …
Cost-Effectiveness of Critical Limb Ischemia Treatments—Critical Gaps Remain
From the Departments of Vascular Medicine, and Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Disclosure: The authors have completed…
Racial Disparities in Risk for Major Amputation or Death After Endovascular Interventions
Objectives. Previous studies have suggested that Black patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) may have worse outcomes than White patients. The aim of this study was to…
Critical Limb Ischemia – ‘A Threat to Life and Limb’
There’s a growing worldwide epidemic of critical limb ischemia (CLI) that threatens to disable approximately 2 million Americans, according to a 2019 study published in the jou…