Urgent need to clarify the definition of chronic critical limb ischemia – a position paper from the european society for vascular medicine
(2019) In Vasa - European Journal of Vascular Medicine 48(3). p.223-227- Abstract
Summary: Chronic critical lower limb ischemia (CLI) has been defined as ischemia that endangers the leg. An attempt was made to give a precise definition of CLI, based on clinical and hemodynamic data (Second European Consensus). CLI may be easily defined from a clinical point of view as rest pain of the distal foot or gangrene or ulceration. It is probably useful to add leg ulcers of other origin which do not heal because of severe ischemia, and to consider the impact of frailty on adverse outcome. From a hemodynamic viewpoint there is no consensus and most of the existing classifications are not based upon evidence. We should thus propose a definition and then validate it in a prospective cohort in order to define the patients at... (More)
Summary: Chronic critical lower limb ischemia (CLI) has been defined as ischemia that endangers the leg. An attempt was made to give a precise definition of CLI, based on clinical and hemodynamic data (Second European Consensus). CLI may be easily defined from a clinical point of view as rest pain of the distal foot or gangrene or ulceration. It is probably useful to add leg ulcers of other origin which do not heal because of severe ischemia, and to consider the impact of frailty on adverse outcome. From a hemodynamic viewpoint there is no consensus and most of the existing classifications are not based upon evidence. We should thus propose a definition and then validate it in a prospective cohort in order to define the patients at major risk of amputation, and also to define the categories of patients whose prognosis is improved by revascularisation. From to-day’s available data, it seems clear that the patients with a systolic toe pressure (STP) below 30 mmHg must be revascular-ised whenever possible. However other patients with clinically suspected CLI and STP above 30 mmHg must be evaluated and treated in specialised vascular units and revascularisation has to be discussed on a case by case basis, taking into account other data such as the WiFi classification for ulcers.In conclusion, many useful but at times contradictory definitions of CLI have been suggested. Only a few have taken into account evidence, and none have been validated prospectively. This paper aims to address this and to give notice that a CLI registry within Europe will be set up to prospectively validate, or not, the previous and suggested definitions of CLI.
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- Gottsäter, Anders LU
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- 2019
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- keywords
- Ankle pressure, Critical limb ischemia, Definition, Oxygen transcutaneous pressure, Peripheral arterial disease, Toe pressure
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- Vasa - European Journal of Vascular Medicine
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- 48
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 223 - 227
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- Verlag Hans Huber
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- pmid:30451092
- scopus:85065390176
- ISSN
- 0301-1526
- DOI
- 10.1024/0301-1526/a000764
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- English
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abstract = {{<p>Summary: Chronic critical lower limb ischemia (CLI) has been defined as ischemia that endangers the leg. An attempt was made to give a precise definition of CLI, based on clinical and hemodynamic data (Second European Consensus). CLI may be easily defined from a clinical point of view as rest pain of the distal foot or gangrene or ulceration. It is probably useful to add leg ulcers of other origin which do not heal because of severe ischemia, and to consider the impact of frailty on adverse outcome. From a hemodynamic viewpoint there is no consensus and most of the existing classifications are not based upon evidence. We should thus propose a definition and then validate it in a prospective cohort in order to define the patients at major risk of amputation, and also to define the categories of patients whose prognosis is improved by revascularisation. From to-day’s available data, it seems clear that the patients with a systolic toe pressure (STP) below 30 mmHg must be revascular-ised whenever possible. However other patients with clinically suspected CLI and STP above 30 mmHg must be evaluated and treated in specialised vascular units and revascularisation has to be discussed on a case by case basis, taking into account other data such as the WiFi classification for ulcers.In conclusion, many useful but at times contradictory definitions of CLI have been suggested. Only a few have taken into account evidence, and none have been validated prospectively. This paper aims to address this and to give notice that a CLI registry within Europe will be set up to prospectively validate, or not, the previous and suggested definitions of CLI.</p>}},
author = {{Constans, Joël and Bura-Rivière, Alessandra and Visona, Adriana and Brodmann, Marianne and Abraham, Pierre and Olinic, Dan Mircea and Madaric, Juraj and Steiner, Sabine and Quéré, Isabelle and Mazzolai, Lucia and Belch, Jill}},
issn = {{0301-1526}},
keywords = {{Ankle pressure; Critical limb ischemia; Definition; Oxygen transcutaneous pressure; Peripheral arterial disease; Toe pressure}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{223--227}},
publisher = {{Verlag Hans Huber}},
series = {{Vasa - European Journal of Vascular Medicine}},
title = {{Urgent need to clarify the definition of chronic critical limb ischemia – a position paper from the european society for vascular medicine}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a000764}},
doi = {{10.1024/0301-1526/a000764}},
volume = {{48}},
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