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 Longitudinal Follow-Up

COR	LOE	Recommendations

I	C-EO	Patients with PAD should be followed up with periodic clinical evaluation, including assessment of cardiovascular risk factors, limb symptoms, and functional status.

I	C-EO	Patients with PAD who have undergone lower extremity revascularization (surgical and/or endovascular) should be followed up with periodic clinical evaluation and ABI measurement.

IIa	B-R	Duplex ultrasound can be beneficial for routine surveillance of infrainguinal, autogenous vein bypass grafts in patients with PAD.^306–312

IIa	C-LD	Duplex ultrasound is reasonable for routine surveillance after endovascular procedures in patients with PAD.^313–315

IIb	B-R	The effectiveness of duplex ultrasound for routine surveillance of infrainguinal prosthetic bypass grafts in patients with PAD is uncertain.^{310,316–318}