Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hiatt, William R
• Wood, Alastair J.J.

Titel

Medical Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease and Claudication

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2001-05, Vol.344 (21), p.1608-1621

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Peripheral arterial disease, which is caused by atherosclerotic occlusion of the arteries to the legs, is an important manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis. The age-adjusted prevalence of peripheral arterial disease is approximately 12 percent, and the disorder affects men and women equally (Table 1). 7 , 8 Patients with peripheral arterial disease, even in the absence of a history of myocardial infarction or ischemic stroke, have approximately the same relative risk of death from cardiovascular causes as do patients with a history of coronary or cerebrovascular disease (Table 2). 12 , 15 In patients with peripheral arterial disease, the rate of death from all causes . . .