“…Although this could also be true for coronary restenosis, restenosis is reported more often after peripheral interventions [40,41,43]. Additionally, in patients with a new diagnosis of claudication, indication for early peripheral vascular interventions depended on the treating physician [44]. It could be hypothesized that in patients with established PAD, indication for peripheral (re-)intervention might also rely partly on clinician IR = Incidence rate (per 100 person-years).…”