Purpose: To examine the efficacy of pedal artery angioplasty (PAA) for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) according to the severity of inframalleolar disease. Methods: In total, 257 consecutive CLTI patients (mean age 73.2 years; 175 men) with de novo infrapopliteal and inframalleolar artery disease were enrolled from the retrospective RENDEZVOUS registry. Inframalleolar artery disease was classified as moderate (Kawarada type 2, 144 patients) or severe (Kawarada type 3, 113 patients). PAA was performed in 140 patients: 66 (45.8%) with moderate disease and 74 (65.5%) with severe disease. The remaining 117 patients (78 with moderate disease and 39 with severe disease) underwent interventions that did not include PAA. The primary outcomes were the wound healing and limb salvage rates at 12 months after the initial treatment. The outcomes of the PAA and no-PAA groups were examined to determine any correlation between treatment efficacy and baseline disease severity. Results: The success rates of PAA among the patients with moderate and severe inframalleolar disease were 89.4% and 87.8%, respectively (p=0.683). The wound healing rate at 12 months was significantly higher in the PAA group than in the no-PAA group regardless of the severity of inframalleolar disease [moderate: 58.8% vs 40.0% (p=0.049); severe: 59.6% vs 33.2% (p=0.021), respectively]. The worst limb salvage rate (76.9%) was seen among patients in the no-PAA group with severe inframalleolar disease (no-PAA/moderate: 94.8%; PAA/moderate: 90.9%; and PAA/severe: 87.8%, p=0.028). Conclusion: PAA improves the wound healing rate of patients with CLTI regardless of the severity of inframalleolar disease. This treatment modality also might improve limb salvage rates in patients with severe inframalleolar disease affecting both the anterior and posterior pedal circulations.
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