Alexander D Rodway, Jenny Harris, Lydia Hanna, Charlotte Allan, Felipe Pazos Casal, Ciara Giltinan, Ali Dehghan-Nayeri, Andre Santos, Martin B Whyte, Nikolaos Ntagiantas, Ivan Walton, Richard Brown, Simon S Skene, Ajay Pankhania, Benjamin C T Field, Gary D Maytham, Christian Heiss
We evaluated the impact of COVID-19 restriction on the angioplasty service and outcome of chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) patients undergoing lower-limb angioplasty in a UK secondary care setting. Consecutive patients were analysed retrospectively. Pre-COVID-19 (08/2018-02/2020), 106 CLTI patients (91% Fontaine 4; 60% diabetes mellitus) and during COVID-19 (03/2020-07/2021) 94 patients were treated (86% Fontaine 4; 66% diabetes mellitus). While the average monthly number of patients treated did not change, the proportion of day cases significantly increased (53% to 80%), and hospitalised patients decreased...
July 19, 2023: Biomedicines