Association Between Intradialytic Foot Temperature Gradients and Severe Peripheral Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: Prospective Cohort Study

Donna Shu-Han Lin   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Chih-Cheng Wu   ^{2, 3, 4, 5} , MD, PhD ;   Chung-Wei Yang   ^{3, 6} , MD ;   Jen-Kuang Lee   ^{3, 7, 8, 9, 10} , MD, PhD ;   Chien-Yi Hsu   ^{11, 12} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Shin Kong WHS Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, National Taiwan University, Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan

³ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

⁴ Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

⁵ Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan

⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan

⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

⁸ Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

⁹ Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

¹⁰ Telehealth Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

¹¹ Taipei Heart Institute, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan

¹² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan