International Journal of Vascular Medicine / 2014 / Article / Tab 1 / Clinical Study
Results of Infrapopliteal Endovascular Procedures Performed in Diabetic Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia and Tissue Loss from
the Perspective of an Angiosome-Oriented Revascularization Strategy Table 1 Basal characteristics of the subjects included.
Basal characteristics
Age (years) 72 (64–77) Males 62 (61.4%) Smoking history 75 (74.3%) Dyslipidemia 33 (32.7%) Hypertension 73 (72.3%) Ischemic heart disease 30 (29.7%) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 6 (5.9%) Stroke 20 (19.8%) Preoperative ABI* 0.54 (0.40–0.67) Noncompressible ABI* 54 (53.5%) Infected ulcers 37 (36.6%) Injured angiosome Dorsalis pedis angiosome 79 (78.2%) Medial plantar branch angiosome 54 (53.5%) Lateral plantar branch angiosome 26 (25.7%) Posterior tibial a. calcaneal angiosome 11 (10.9%) Peroneal a. calcaneal angiosome 9 (8.9%) Peroneal a. anterior angiosome 2 (2.0%)
*ABI: ankle-brachial index.