Peripheral artery disease (PAD), the pathophysiologic narrowing of the arterial blood
vessels of the lower limbs due to atherosclerosis, is estimated to affect more than 200 million …

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is estimated to affect more than 20% of people older than
65 years. The vast majority of patients with symptoms suggestive of PAD have …

OBJECTIVE: To compare rates of therapy for atherosclerotic risk factors between patients
with lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and patients with coronary artery …

Background—Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is common and imposes a high risk of major
systemic and limb ischemic events. The RE duction of A therothrombosis for C ontinued H …

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have documented an undertreatment of vascular risk
factors, and patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are at increased risk …

Aims Over the past decades, there have been improvements in the management of
cardiovascular (CV) disease and risk factors. Long-term contemporary data on the …

Patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) have a substantially increased
risk for mortality as compared to healthy individuals. We aimed to evaluate the risk for all …

BACKGROUND: The presence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), even in the absence of
overt coronary artery disease (CAD), confers the same relative risk of death from a …

OBJECTIVE: A population-based point-prevalence study was conducted to determine the
prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in Sweden, with special attention to critical …

New data on the epidemiology of peripheral artery disease (PAD) are available, and they
should be integrated with previous data. We provide an updated, integrated overview of the …