2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 21.

Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2016 Nov 13;135(12):e686–e725. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000470


Recommendation for Revascularizations for CLI

COR	LOE	Recommendation

I	B-NR	In patients with CLI, revascularization should be performed when possible to minimize tissue loss.²⁶⁰

I	C-EO	An evaluation for revascularization options should be performed by an interdisciplinary care team (Table 8) before amputation in the patient with CLI.