Use of statins in patients with peripheral artery disease

E Corrado, A Mignano, G Coppola - Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a growing health issue that affects more
than 200 million individuals worldwide, conferring a high risk of cardiovascular events and …

Statins in peripheral arterial disease

ST Chiesa, N Papageorgiou… - Current Pharmaceutical …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common atherosclertico condition affecting the lower
extremities. PAD patients share similar cardiovascular risk factors to coronary artery disease …

[HTML][HTML] Statins and peripheral arterial disease: a narrative review

S Jansen-Chaparro, MD López-Carmona… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a highly prevalent atherosclerotic condition. In patients
with PAD, the presence of intermittent claudication leads to a deterioration in quality of life. In …

Statins in peripheral artery disease: What are we waiting for?

AW Aday, BM Everett - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a growing, yet underappre-ciated global
health issue. 1 PAD affects> 200 million individuals worldwide, 2 and atherosclerotic …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid-lowering therapy in patients with peripheral artery disease

I Crismaru, CC Diaconu - EJ. ESC Counc. Cardiol. Pract, 2015 - escardio.org
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis and is
associated with high mortality due to cardiovascular events. As lipid-lowering therapy has …

Peripheral arterial disease: a missed opportunity to administer statins so as to reduce cardiac morbidity and mortality

SS Daskalopoulou, ME Daskalopoulos… - Current medicinal …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common condition associated with an increased risk
of coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction and stroke. It follows that PAD merits …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond Cholesterol Reduction: Statin Pleiotropy and Peripheral Arterial Disease

A Penton, KA Langert, K Maier… - Statins-From Lipid …, 2023 - intechopen.com
Lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is the atherosclerotic obstruction of the
lower extremity arteries that can lead to walking impairment, non-healing open wounds …

Statins and peripheral arterial disease: potential mechanisms and clinical benefits

ME Alnaeb, N Alobaid, AM Seifalian… - Annals of vascular …, 2006 - Elsevier
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a manifestation of widespread atherosclerosis. Lipid
modification (especially with statins) is a component of the treatment of patients with PAD …

Statin therapy and long-term adverse limb outcomes in patients with peripheral artery disease: insights from the REACH registry

DJ Kumbhani, PG Steg, CP Cannon… - European heart …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Aims Due to a high burden of systemic cardiovascular events, current guidelines
recommend the use of statins in all patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). We sought …

Statin therapy in lower limb peripheral arterial disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

GA Antoniou, RK Fisher, GS Georgiadis… - Vascular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate and analyse the existing evidence supporting statin therapy in
patients with lower limb atherosclerotic arterial disease. Methods A systematic search of …