The authors present the case of a 64-year-old man with renal insufficiency and CLTI complicated by a nonhealing ulcer who was successfully revascularized using deep venous arterialization with zero iodinated contrast technique. The patient remained wound-free at a 2-year follow-up.
In this study on caregiver burden, the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) and the Short Form Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI-12) were used to assess caregiver burden in 10 patients with lower extremity amputation who presented with a caretaker over a 3-month period.
In the latest issue of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, Raja et al analyzed trends in the institutional use of endovascular revascularization and surgical bypass among 196,070 Medicare beneficiaries aged 66 and older with CLI.