Key Clinical Points Peripheral Artery Disease Atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease
affects more than 200 million persons worldwide, including at least 8.5 million persons in the …

This document was written with the intent to be a complete reference at the time of
publication on the topic of managing hypertension in the elderly. Given the length of the …

Introduction: Hyperhomocysteinemia has been considered as a risk factor for systemic
atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke and many epidemiologic and …

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects 15% of the Australian population and is a powerful
and serious predictor of cardiovascular mortality yet continues to be under-recognised and …

Olin et al Fibromuscular Dysplasia 1049 stenosis. However, it was not until Palubinskas and
Wylie, 9 Hunt, 10 and Kincaid and Davis11 described in 1961 the arteriographic and clinical …

Surgical aortic specimens are usually examined in Pathology Departments as a result of
treatment of aneurysms or dissections. A number of diseases, genetic syndromes (Marfan …

In recent decades, endovascular aneurysm repair or endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) has
become an acceptable alternative to open surgery for the treatment of thoracic and …

Increasing awareness of the importance of cardiovascular prevention is not yet matched by
the resources and actions within health care systems. Recent publication of the European …

Background and Purpose—This American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement
provides a comprehensive overview of current evidence on the burden cardiovascular …

An arterial aneurysm is defined as a focal dilation of a blood vessel with respect to the
original artery. The risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) increases dramatically in the …