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


Recommendations for Endovascular Revascularization for CLI

COR	LOE	Recommendations

I	B-R	Endovascular procedures are recommended to establish in-line blood flow to the foot in patients with nonhealing wounds or gangrene.^242,243

IIa	C-LD	A staged approach to endovascular procedures is reasonable in patients with ischemic rest pain.^261,262

IIa	B-R	Evaluation of lesion characteristics can be useful in selecting the endovascular approach for CLI.^263,264

IIb	B-NR	Use of angiosome-directed endovascular therapy may be reasonable for patients with CLI and nonhealing wounds or gangrene.^{245,247–249,251–253,255–257}