TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Peripheral Angiography A1 - Ikram, Sohail A1 - Leesar, Massoud A1 - Fahsah, Ibrahim A2 - Dieter, Robert S. A2 - Dieter, Raymond A. A2 - Dieter, Raymond A. PY - 2009 T2 - Peripheral Arterial Disease AB - Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) comprises a host of noncoronary arterial syndromes due to various pathophysiological mechanisms resulting in stenosis or aneurysms in various vascular beds. Atherosclerosis (AS) remains by far the most common cause of this disease process. According to the recently released ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with PAD, it is a major cause of decrement of functional capacity, quality of life, limb amputation, and increased risk of death.1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127166470 ER -