Welcome to the Transatlantic Series, a co-production of Audible Bleeding (a publication of the SVS) and the ESVS podcast. In today’s episode, we explore the intersocietal guidelines on peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes and foot ulcers authored by the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot, the European Society for Vascular Surgery, and the Society for Vascular Surgery.

Dr. Robert Fitridge is a Professor of Vascular Surgery at University of Adelaide in Australia. He is a member of the IWGDF and a member of the steering committee for the Global Vascular Guideline on the management of Chronic Limb-threatening Ischaemia. 

Dr. Vivienne Chuter is a Professor in the Department of Podiatry at Western Sydney University and Honarary Professor in the School of Health SCiences at The University of NewCastle. She is a member of the IWGDF. She has published extensively on diabetic foot disease and leads a clinically based research program focusing on prevention and management of diabetes-related foot disease for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and for non-Indigenous Australians.

Dr. Nicolaas Schaper is emeritus professor of Endocrinology at Maastricht University Hospital in the Netherlands. Dr. Schaper was coordinator of the European diabetic foot research consortium, Eurodiale. He is Chair of the 2023 Diabetic Foot Symposium and is Chair of the IWGDF.

Dr. Joseph L. Mills is a Professor of Vascular Surgery at Baylor in Houston, Texas. He is a member of the IWGDF. Dr. Mills is a leader in the vascular surgery global community, has served as president of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society and is currently a member of the Surgery Residency Review Committee of the ACGME.

Further reading:

• The intersocietal IWGDF, ESVS, SVS guidelines on peripheral artery disease in people with diabetes mellitus and a foot ulcer.
• Global vascular guidelines for CLTI
• Best-CLI
• Engaging patients and caregivers to establish priorities for the management of diabetic foot ulcers
• A systematic review of multidisciplinary teams to reduce major amputations for patients with diabetic foot ulcers
• A vein bypass first versus a best endovascular treatment first revascularisation strategy for patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia who required an infra-popliteal, with or without an additional more proximal infra-inguinal revascularisation procedure to restore limb perfusion (BASIL-2): an open-label, randomised, multicentre, phase 3 trial
• Release of the National Scheme's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 2020-2025; the impacts for podiatry in Australia: a commentary
• ESVS 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines on Antithrombotic Therapy for Vascular Diseases
• Results of the CAPRIE trial: efficacy and safety of clopidogrel. Clopidogrel versus aspirin in patients at risk of ischaemic events
• Low-Dose Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetic Individuals: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials and Trial Sequential Analysis*
• Diabetes, Lower-Extremity Amputation, and Death

Hosts: 

Dr. Naveed A. Rahman is chief surgery resident at SUNY Upstate in Syracuse, NY. He will be pursuing vascular surgery fellowship at University of Maryland starting in 2024. His Doximity profile is www.doximity.com/pub/naveed-rahman-md. X: @naveedrahmanmd

Dr. Suzanne Stokmans is a 5th year vascular surgery resident in the Isala hospital in Zwolle, the Netherlands.

Dr. Ezra Schwartz is a medical graduate from McGill University currently completing a Masters of Medical Science in Medical Eduation at Harvard Medical School. He is an aspiring vascular surgeon and surgical education researcher. X: @ezraschwartz10