Differential burden of peripheral artery disease

Coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral artery disease are the three leading cardiovascular diseases globally. Although global cardiovascular disease prevention and control has gained momentum in the past few decades, efforts have mostly targeted coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases, the leading cause of deaths worldwide.1 Despite the fact that peripheral artery disease has received less 0attention, it appears to be an important contributor to the global burden of deaths and disabilities, with an increasingly higher burden in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).