Twenty-year analysis of trends in the incidence and in-hospital mortality for lower-extremity arterial thromboembolism.

<h4>Background</h4>Epidemiology data for lower-extremity arterial thromboembolism (LET) are limited and may result from either acute limb ischemia or an acute exacerbation of critical limb ischemia. Given marked changes in both diagnosis and therapy over the last 2 decades, we hypothesized that this... View More