Smoking & PAD: Assessing the Costs
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases among adults in...
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PAD
A Guide for Aorto-Iliac PAD
Aorto-iliac peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a serious condition in which blood flow to the...
Read MoreThe ABI: Standardizing Measurements & Interpretations
When the ankle-brachial index (ABI) emerged in 1950, it was initially proposed for use as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD). Since then, studies have shown that the ABI is an...
Read MoreMedical Therapy Matters Prior to Interventions in PAD
Research from Michigan suggests that use of statins and aspirin prior to percutaneous revascularization among patients with peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, appears to reduce the number of peripheral vascular events by more...
Read MoreCVD Risk Factors & PAD
Smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and type 2 diabetes appear to be the cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors mostly associated with development of clinically significant peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to...
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