Table 2.

Priority criteria for elective vascular surgery during pandemic COVID-19 infection in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy, from 8 March to 8 April 2020

Vascular surgical activity	Priority criteria
Carotid artery stenosis	Symptomatic or asymptomatic sub-occlusive or rapidly growing plaque (the rapid increase of stenosis from less than 60%, according to NASCET criteria, to >90% in the last year)
Peripheral artery disease	Critical limb treating ischaemia, Rutherford 5–6 or symptomatic peripheral artery aneurysms
Aortic aneurysm	Large diameter aneurysm (>6 cm [maximum diameter] abdominal aortic aneurysm or >7 cm thoracic aortic aneurysm)
Arteriovenous fistula for haemodialysis	Cases of fistula malfunction or new fistula in patients requiring a haemodialysis vascular access in the next month

NASCET = North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators.¹¹