Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) – Market Outlook, Epidemiology, Competitive Landscape, and Market Forecast Report – 2023 To 2033
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Critical limb-threatening ischemia is a severe medical condition that occurs when there is an inadequate supply of blood and oxygen to the limbs. The narrowing of blood vessels typically causes this due to the accumulation of plaque, which prevents oxygenated blood from flowing to the limbs properly. As a result, there is a risk of tissue damage and possible amputation. This condition can be clinically defined in three ways: ischaemic rest pain for greater than two weeks duration requiring opiate analgesia, the presence of ischaemic lesions or gangrene that is objectively attributable to arterial occlusive disease, or an ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) less than 0.5. Chronic limb ischemia results from arterial occlusive disease, most commonly atherosclerosis. This can occur in association with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, cigarette smoking, and diabetes, as well as other conditions like Buerger's disease or thromboangiitis obliterans and some forms of arteritis. I...