International BEST-CLI Collaborative: next steps to create a coordinated global initiative to improve awareness and access while reducing mortality and amputation for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia. - 2025
International BEST-CLI Collaborative: next steps to create a coordinated global initiative to improve awareness and access while reducing mortality and amputation for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia.
Strong, Michael B; Farber, Alik; Armstrong, David Get al.
Strong, Michael B; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Farber, Alik; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Armstrong, David G; Department of Surgery and Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, USA.
Azuma, Nobuyoshi; Department of Vascular Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Beckman, Joshua A; Division of Vascular Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Bonaca, Marc P ; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Bradbury, Andrew; Vascular Surgery, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. ; West Midland Vascular Ltd, Lapworth Farm, Spring Lane, Lapworth, Warwickshire, UK.
Conte, Michael S; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Fakorede, Foluso; Cardiovascular Solutions of Central Mississippi & Fusion Vascular Amputation Prevention Centers, Cleveland, Mississippi, USA.
Goodney, Philip P ; Heart and Vascular Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Gupta, Prem C; Department of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Care Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
Hansen, Christian S; Department of Translational Type 2 Diabetes Research, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark.
Hinchliffe, Robert J ; Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Houlind, Kim C; Department of Research, Regionshospitalet Horsens, Horsens, Denmark.
Kjellberg, Jakob ; Department of Health Economics, VIVE Danish Center for Social Science Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kolh, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biochimie et physiologie générales, humaines et pathologiques
Kum, Steven W C; Department of Surgery, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Nordanstig, Joakim ; Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Parikh, Sahil; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Patel, Manesh R; Division of Cardiology, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Patrone, Lorenzo; Department of Vascular Surgery, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy.
Powell, Richard J; Heart and Vascular Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Rosenfield, Kenneth; Section of Vascular Medicine and Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sigvant, Birgitta; Department of Vascular Surgery, Centre of Clinical Research and Education, Region Värmland, Karlstad, Sweden. ; Department of Surgical Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Schneider, Peter A; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Varcoe, Ramon L; Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ; Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Vega de Ceniga, Melina; Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Galdakao-Usansolo, Galdakao, Spain. ; Department of Surgery and Radiology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain. ; Vascular Pathology Group, Research Institute BioBizkaia, Barakaldo, Spain.
Venermo, Maarit A ; Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Menard, Matthew T ; Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
International BEST-CLI Collaborative: next steps to create a coordinated global initiative to improve awareness and access while reducing mortality and amputation for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia.
Publication date :
01 August 2025
Journal title :
British Journal of Surgery
ISSN :
0007-1323
eISSN :
1365-2168
Publisher :
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, Us nj
Volume :
112
Issue :
8
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funding number :
HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States; U01HL107407/NH/NIH HHS/United States; U01HL107352/NH/NIH HHS/United States; U01HL115662/NH/NIH HHS/United States; Vascular InterVentional Advances/; Society for Vascular Surgery/; New England Society for Vascular Surgery/; Western Vascular Society/; Eastern Vascular Society/; Midwest Vascular Surgery Society/; Southern Association of Vascular Surgeons/; Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery/; Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery/; Society of Interventional Radiology/; Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society/; Society for Vascular Medicine/; Janssen/; Gore/; Becton Dickinson and Company/; Medtronic/; Cook/; Boston Scientific/; Abbott/; Cordis/; NNF22SA0078610/Cardiovascular Systems Inc./; Novo Nordisk Foundation/
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