RT Book, Section
A1 Aboyans, Victor
A1 Criqui, Michael H.
A2 Dieter, Robert S.
A2 Dieter, Raymond A.
A2 Dieter, Raymond A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1127164294
T1 The Epidemiology of Peripheral Arterial Disease
T2 Peripheral Arterial Disease
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071481793
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1127164294
RD 2023/12/05
AB Peripheral  arterial  disease  (PAD)  is  one  of  the  several  terms  referring  to  a  partial  or  complete  obstruction  of  one  or  more  arteries  below  the  aortic  bifurcation.  Although  the  term  PAD  is  sometimes  inclusive  of  all  peripheral  arteries  and/or  any  etiology,  in  this  chapter  PAD  refers  to  atherosclerotic  occlusive  disease  of  lower  extremity  arteries.  Other  terms  used  for  this  affliction  in  the  literature  are  peripheral  vascular  disease  (PVD),  peripheral  arterial  occlusive  disease  (PAOD),  and  lower  extremity  arterial  disease  (LEAD).