Revascularization enhances quality of life for patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia

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Over 200 million people around the world experience peripheral artery disease (PAD) — a condition caused by the narrowing of the blood vessels from the heart to the lower limbs that leads to pain when walking — and for roughly 1-in-10 this advances to chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), an advanced form of PAD. Those with CLTI often suffer severe pain even at rest, caused by fatty plaque buildup obstructing blood flow, typically to the leg or foot.

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