PERIPHERAL VASCULAR BYPASS

Course overview

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR BYPASS (PVB) IS THE SURGICAL REVISION OF BLOOD FLOW TO RESTORE PERFUSION DISTAL TO AN OCCLUDED OR OTHERWISE DISRUPTED ARTERIAL SEGMENT. PERIPHERAL VASCULAR BYPASS PROCEDURES CAN INVOLVE ANY ARTERIES, EXCLUDING THOSE IN THE HEART OR THE BRAIN. MOST PATIENTS WITH PAD ARE ASYMPTOMATIC, AND THEIR RISK FOR LIMB LOSS IS NEGLIGIBLE. THEREFORE INTERVENTION IS NOT INDICATED IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS. HOWEVER, SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS MIGHT PRESENT WITH CLAUDICATION AND REST PAIN. A SIGNIFICANT SUBSET OF PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMATIC PAD PRESENT WITH CHRONIC LIMB-THREATENING ISCHEMIA (CLTI). THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERIPHERAL VASCULAR BYPASS SURGERY AND HIGHLIGHTS THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM'S ROLE IN MANAGING PATIENTS UNDERGOING THIS PROCEDURE.