Patients with peripheral arterial disease have approximately the same relative risk of death from cardiovascular causes as patients with a history of coronary or cerebrovascular disease.
This review highlights that peripheral arterial disease carries a cardiovascular mortality risk equivalent to that of established coronary or cerebrovascular disease.
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 . . .
William R. Hiatt (Thu,) conducted a review in Peripheral arterial disease and claudication. Medical treatment was evaluated. Patients with peripheral arterial disease have approximately the same relative risk of death from cardiovascular causes as patients with a history of coronary or cerebrovascular disease.