5
Interdisciplinary care
team
A team of professionals representing different disciplines to
assist in the evaluation and management of the patient with
PAD.
• For the care of patients with CLI, the interdisciplinary
care team should include individuals who are skilled in
endovascular revascularization, surgical revascularization,
wound healing therapies and foot surgery, and medical
evaluation and care.
• Interdisciplinary care team members may include:
▶ Vascular medical and surgical specialists (i.e., vascular
medicine, vascular surgery, interventional radiolog y,
interventional cardiolog y)
▶ Nurses
▶ Orthopedic surgeons and podiatrists
▶ Endocrinologists
▶ Internal medicine specialists
▶ Infectious disease specialists
▶ Radiolog y and vascular imaging specialists
▶ Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinicians
▶ Orthotics and prosthetics specialists
▶ Social workers
▶ Exercise physiologists
▶ Physical and occupational therapists
▶ Nutritionists/dieticians
Cardiovascular
ischemic events
Acute coronary syndrome (acute MI, unstable angina), stroke,
or cardiovascular death.
Limb-related events Worsening claudication, new CLI, new lower extremity
revascularization, or new ischemic amputation.
Table 1. Definition of PAD Key Terms (cont'd)
Term Definition
