Nationwide Study of the Outcome of Treatment of Lower Extremity Atherosclerotic Lesions With Endovascular Surgery With or Without Drug Eluting Methods in Patients With Diabetes.

CLINICAL IMPACT: This retrospective observational registry trial combines national registries for vascular surgical procedures and diabetes mellitus to clarify results of drug eluting technology in treating diabetic subjects with intermittent claudication or chronic limb threatening ischemia compared to treatment of non-diabetic subjects. As earlier proposed and showed in this trial, there may be an implication for a beneficial treatment efficacy with drug eluting therapy in the diabetic population with PAD compared to the non-diabetic population. A finding worth further exploration.