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November 14, 2016Circulation1,063 citationsOpen Access

2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

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MGMarie Gerhard‐HermanVascular MedicineHGHeather L. GornikVascular MedicineCBColetta BarrettSoutheastern Louisiana University

Key Result

The 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline provides recommendations for managing lower extremity peripheral artery disease, including antiplatelet agents, supervised exercise, and revascularization procedures.

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Population
Patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease
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Intervention
Management strategies including antiplatelet agents, supervised exercise, endovascular procedures, bypass surgery, and smoking cessation

Executive summary of the 2016 AHA/ACC guidelines for the management of patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease.

Abstract

acute limb ischemia antiplatelet agents supervised exercise endovascular procedures bypass surgery limb salvage smoking cessation AHA/ACC GUIDELINE ACC/AHA Task Force Members, see page e707*Writing committee members are required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their specific relationships with industry and other entities may apply; see Appendix 1 for recusal information.Functioning as the lay volunteer/patient representative.ACC/AHA Representative.

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Gerhard‐Herman et al. (2016) conducted a review in Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease. Management guidelines (antiplatelet agents, supervised exercise, endovascular procedures, bypass surgery) was evaluated. The 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline provides recommendations for managing lower extremity peripheral artery disease, including antiplatelet agents, supervised exercise, and revascularization procedures.

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