PMID- 34569374 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220309 LR - 20221207 IS - 1477-0377 (Electronic) IS - 1358-863X (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Feb TI - Propensity-matched analysis does not support angiosome-guided revascularization of multilevel peripheral artery disease (PAD). PG - 47-54 LID - 10.1177/1358863X211038627 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: This retrospective comparative cohort study evaluated the clinical outcome of angiosome-guided endovascular arterial reconstructions in chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) due to multilevel peripheral artery disease (PAD). METHODS: Patients treated in an endovascular fashion for CLTI with tissue loss due to multilevel PAD were analyzed. Limbs were classified as having undergone either angiosome-guided (direct) revascularization (DR) or nonangiosomic (indirect) revascularization (IR). DR was defined as uninterrupted in-line flow to the affected angiosome, revascularization through the pedal arch was also considered direct. Groups were adjusted with propensity score (PS) matching and compared for amputation-free survival (AFS), freedom from major adverse limb events (MALE), and healing rate at 12 months. RESULTS: A total of 174 patients (81 men, mean age 70.0 +/- 10.4 y) were included. PS matching produced two groups of 55 patients each: DR (24 men, mean age 71.7 +/- 10.7 y) and IR (26 men, mean age 72.0 +/- 9.4 y). The matched groups had no significant differences in baseline variables. At 12 months there were no significant differences in AFS (73.2% vs 71.6%; p = 0.841), freedom from MALE (71.7% vs 66.1%; p = 0.617), and healing rate (72.7% vs 72.0%; p = 1.000) between DR and IR, respectively. CONCLUSION: This study failed to support the use of angiosome concept in CLTI due to multilevel disease. FAU - Kurianov, Pavel AU - Kurianov P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5844-2547 AD - Center on Diabetic Foot and Surgical Infection, St George's Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Lipin, Alexandr AU - Lipin A AD - Limb Salvage Center, Hospital #14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Antropov, Alexey AU - Antropov A AD - Limb Salvage Center, Hospital #14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Atmadzas, Kirill AU - Atmadzas K AD - Limb Salvage Center, Hospital #14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Gruzdev, Nikita AU - Gruzdev N AD - Limb Salvage Center, Hospital #14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Tankaeva, Zaynab AU - Tankaeva Z AD - Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Atmadzas, Alisa AU - Atmadzas A AD - Limb Salvage Center, Hospital #14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Orlov, Anton AU - Orlov A AD - Limb Salvage Center, Hospital #14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Borisov, Alexey AU - Borisov A AD - Limb Salvage Center, Hospital #14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Sobolev, Roman AU - Sobolev R AD - Limb Salvage Center, Hospital #14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. FAU - Eminov, Yanis AU - Eminov Y AD - Limb Salvage Center, Hospital #14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210926 PL - England TA - Vasc Med JT - Vascular medicine (London, England) JID - 9610930 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Amputation, Surgical MH - Cohort Studies MH - Humans MH - Ischemia/diagnostic imaging/surgery MH - *Limb Salvage MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Peripheral Arterial Disease/diagnostic imaging/surgery MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Risk Factors MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - *angiosome OT - *critical limb ischemia (CLI) OT - *endovascular therapy OT - *peripheral artery disease (PAD) EDAT- 2021/09/28 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/11 06:00 CRDT- 2021/09/27 08:47 PHST- 2021/09/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/27 08:47 [entrez] AID - 10.1177/1358863X211038627 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vasc Med. 2022 Feb;27(1):47-54. doi: 10.1177/1358863X211038627. Epub 2021 Sep 26.