Intraoperative Simultaneous Pressure Guided Revascularization Study

Lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) caused by atherosclerosis can cause cause leg pain, gangrene, and limb loss. PAD is a result of poor blood flow to the extremity, and the emerging most common initial method of interventional treatment is endovascular therapy, for example angioplasty or stenting. The poor blood flow to the extremity can be inferred by the hemodynamic pressure of blood in the leg. These toe or ankle pressure measurements are typically performed before surgery to diagnose PAD, and after surgery as surveillance.

However, endovascular treatment has a high failure rate often exceeding 20% within a year. There is evidence that physiologic measurements prior to treatment and after treatment are closely related to clinical outcomes. This study introduces these physiologic measurements to the operating room, to determine if physiologic improvement can be detected instantaneously during endovascular revascularization. Patients will be followed for a year following surgery to detect hemodynamic and clinical outcomes. The rationale of these intraoperative measurements would be to potentially guide future surgery, by providing real-time hemodynamic feedback to the operator.

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing elective or semi-urgent endovascular procedures on lesions of the aorta, iliac, femoral, popliteal, or tibial arteries
• Symptomatic, atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease. These symptoms include any Rutherford's classification.

Exclusion criteria

• Concurrent hybrid open procedure during endovascular revascularization requiring vascular clamping for any period of time, such as endarterectomy
• Prior open vascular surgery performed on the affected leg
• Emergent intervention for Acute Limb Ischemia, defined as symptoms lasting less than 14 days
• Non-femoral vascular access