Tag: Peripheral Artery Disease

Black patients face higher disease severity at time of diagnosis and more adverse limb events and cardiovascular events following diagnosis

Patients with coronary artery disease or peripheral artery disease with poor diet had higher risks for major adverse cardiovascular and limb events

Lower-extremity bypass chronic limb-threatening ischemia increases odds of amputation and other complications

Veterans with fewer primary care clinic visits, those living 13 miles or more from primary care facility less likely to have assessment

Incidence rate of peripheral artery disease similar for current users of smokeless tobacco, cigarette smokers

In Mendelian randomization analyses, inverse association was seen between sleep duration and peripheral artery disease

Authors say systematic inflammation likely contributes to increased incidence of PAD in this population

Outcomes better for surgical revascularization versus endovascular therapy for those with single segment of great saphenous vein that could be used for surgery

Six-minute walk distance not improved with telmisartan versus placebo in patients with lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease

Black race strongly associated with the composite outcome of death and major amputation at one year