Morbidity and Mortality Caused by Cardiac Adverse Events after Revascularization for Critical Limb Ischemia

AEs occur in >30% of CLI patients after LEAR. The most harmful AEs on the clinical outcome of CLI patients were heart-related, causing increased morbidity and death. Significant correlations between prescription of β-blockers and antiplatelet agents and prevention of AEs were observed. A persistent focus on the prevention of systemic AEs in order to ameliorate the outcome after LEAR for limb salvage remains of utmost importance. Therefore, we advise the implementation of an optimized care protocol by discussing patients in a strict manner according to a predetermined protocol, to optimize and standardize the preoperative work-up as well as intra- and postoperative patient surveillance.