In a study of over 7,000 chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) patients, researchers found that Black and Hispanic patients had higher three-year amputation and reintervention rates; survival, however, was higher among Black patients and similar between Hispanic and White patients. Aderike Anjorin (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA) delivered these findings at this year’s Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2022; 15–18 June, Boston, USA) … Framing the research, Anjorin stated that Black and Hispanic patients have higher rates of CLTI and suffer worse outcomes after lower extremity bypass compared with White patients. The underlying reasons for these disparities are unclear, she said, specifying that data on long-term outcomes are limited. In order to address this gap in the literature, Anjorin and colleagues examined differences in three-year outcomes after open infrainguinal … read more