Background—Claudication is a common and disabling symptom of peripheral artery disease
that can be treated with medication, supervised exercise (SE), or stent revascularization …

Background: Treatment for claudication that is due to aortoiliac peripheral artery disease
(PAD) often relies on stent revascularization (ST). However, supervised exercise (SE) is …

Intermittent claudication is the primary symptom of peripheral arterial disease, affecting
between 1 and 3 million Americans. Symptomatic improvement can be achieved by …

Purpose To determine whether a percutaneous vascular intervention (PVI) combined with
supplemental supervised exercise therapy (SET) is more effective than a PVI alone in …

Importance Supervised exercise is recommended as a first-line treatment for intermittent
claudication. Combination therapy of endovascular revascularization plus supervised …

BACKGROUND: The optimal first-line treatment for intermittent claudication is currently
unclear. OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of endovascular revascularization …

Abstract Objective Guidelines from the Society for Vascular Surgery and the Choosing
Wisely campaign recommend that peripheral vascular interventions (PVIs) be limited to …

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects a large proportion of the general population, with
an age-adjusted prevalence of approximately 12% and a prevalence of intermittent …

The recommendations listed in this guideline are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
initial extensive evidence review, which included literature derived from research involving …

BACKGROUND: Uncertainty exists on whether there is adjuvant benefit of percutaneous
transluminal angioplasty (PTA) over supervised exercise and best medical therapy in the …