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10.1 | Continue best medical therapy for PAD, including the long-term use of antiplatelet and statin therapies, in all patients who have undergone lower extremity revascularization. | 1 (Strong) | A (High) | Abbruzzese,125 2004 Henke,126 2004 Brown,127 2008 Bedenis,128 2015 Suckow,129 2015 |
10.2 | Promote smoking cessation in all CLTI patients who have undergone lower extremity revascularization. | 1 (Strong) | A (High) | Hobbs,130 2003 Willigendael,131 2005 |
10.3 | Consider DAPT (aspirin plus clopidogrel) in patients who have undergone infrainguinal prosthetic bypass for CLTI for a period of 6 to 24 months to maintain graft patency. | 2 (Weak) | B (Moderate) | Brown,127 2008 Belch,132 2010 Gassman,133 2014 Bedenis,128 2015 |
10.4 | Consider DAPT (aspirin plus clopidogrel) in patients who have undergone infrainguinal endovascular interventions for CLTI for a period of at least 1 month. | 2 (Weak) | C (Low) | Cassar,134 2005 Bhatt,135 2006 Tepe,136 2012 Strobl,137 2013 |
10.5 | Consider DAPT for a period of 1 to 6 months in patients undergoing repeated catheter-based interventions if they are at low risk for bleeding. | 2 (Weak) | C (Low) | Cassar,134 2005 Tepe,136 2012 Strobl,137 2013 |
10.6 | Observe patients who have undergone lower extremity vein bypass for CLTI on a regular basis for at least 2 years with a clinical surveillance program consisting of interval history, pulse examination, and measurement of resting APs and TPs. Consider DUS scanning where available. | Good practice statement | ||
10.7 | Observe patients who have undergone lower extremity prosthetic bypass for CLTI on a regular basis for at least 2 years with interval history, pulse examination, and measurement of resting APs and TPs. | Good practice statement | ||
10.8 | Observe patients who have undergone infrainguinal endovascular interventions for CLTI in a surveillance program that includes clinical visits, pulse examination, and noninvasive testing (resting APs and TPs). | Good practice statement | ||
10.9 | Consider performing additional imaging in patients with lower extremity vein grafts who have a decrease in ABI ≥0.15 and recurrence of symptoms or change in pulse status to detect vein graft stenosis. | Good practice statement | ||
10.10 | Offer intervention for DUS-detected vein graft lesions with an associated PSV of >300 cm/s and a PSV ratio >3.5 or grafts with low velocity (midgraft PSV <45 cm/s) to maintain patency. | 1 (Strong) | B (Moderate) | Mills,138 2001 |
10.11 | Maintain long-term surveillance after surgical or catheter-based revision of a vein graft, including DUS graft scanning where available, to detect recurrent graft-threatening lesions. | 1 (Strong) | B (Moderate) | Landry,139 2002 Nguyen,140 2004 |
10.12 | Consider arterial imaging after endovascular intervention for failure to improve (wound healing, rest pain) or a recurrence of symptoms to detect restenosis or progression of pre-existing disease. | 2 (Weak) | C (Low) | Bui,141 2012 |
10.13 | Consider reintervention for patients with DUS-detected restenosis lesions >70% (PSV ratio >3.5, PSV >300 cm/s) if symptoms of CLTI are unresolved or on a selective basis in asymptomatic patients after catheter-based interventions. | 2 (Weak) | C (Low) | Humphries,142 2011 |