Publications by authors named "Ceazon T Edwards"
Article Synopsis
- In 2019, new guidelines were created to help understand a condition called chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) and a concept called limb-based patency (LBP), which means keeping blood flow in a targeted artery after treatment.
- The study looked at patients from 2016 to 2019 who had surgery for CLTI, focusing on whether keeping LBP was connected to serious problems like amputations or surgeries after treatment.
- Out of 184 limbs studied, many patients had diabetes and severe tissue loss; results showed that losing LBP was a strong predictor of future serious limb problems.
Article Synopsis
- This study evaluates the accuracy of a mortality prediction model for patients undergoing revascularization due to chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), comparing expected outcomes with those observed in a specific medical center.
- Analyzing 195 procedures on 169 patients, the research found significant differences in comorbidities and patient demographics compared to the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) database, including higher rates of unstable angina and dialysis dependence.
- While the observed 30-day mortality rates were higher than the VQI estimates across all risk groups, the study concluded that the VQI model still effectively stratified patients based on mortality risk.
Objective: The Global Limb Anatomic Staging System (GLASS) has been proposed to facilitate clinical decision-making regarding revascularization for chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI). The purpose of the present study was to define its relationship to the treatment outcomes in CLTI.
Methods: Consecutive patients who had undergone peripheral angiography for rest pain or tissue loss from January 2017 to July 2019 at a tertiary referral center with a dedicated limb preservation program were reviewed.