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Overview
Table 2. Definitions of PAD Key Terms
Term Definition
Structured
community-
based exercise
program
A structured exercise program that takes place in the personal
setting of the patient (eg, home, surrounding neighborhood, fitness
facility). e program is self-directed with as-needed guidance
of health care professionals who prescribe a structured exercise
regimen similar to that performed in a supervised program setting.
Community-based programs may incorporate behavioral change
techniques, delivered by in-person or virtual health coaching or the
use of activity monitors. Table 14 provides more detail regarding this
form of structured exercise.
Supervised
exercise therapy
A supervised, structured exercise program that takes place
in a hospital or outpatient facility that is directly supervised
by a physician or advanced practice provider and most oen
implemented by a clinical exercise physiologist or nurse. Table 14
includes more detail regarding this form of structured exercise.
Surgical
revascularization
Surgical procedures that may involve endarterectomy to remove
plaque, thrombectomy, or bypass surgery to reconstruct arterial
blood flow.
rombolysis Administration of thrombolytic agents, generally through a catheter
placed directly within an area of thrombus in an artery.
Tissue loss • Minor—Nonhealing ulcer, focal gangrene.
• Major—Tissue loss extending above the transmetatarsal level;
functional foot no longer salvageable.
WIf I • A clinical staging system for patients with CLTI that incorporates
the wound extent, degree of ischemia, and severity of foot
infection.
• WIf I class correlates with CLTI outcomes, including time to
wound healing, amputation rate, and amputation-free survival.
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