RT Book, Section
A1 Silva, Jose A.
A2 Samady, Habib
A2 Fearon, William F.
A2 Yeung, Alan C.
A2 King III, Spencer B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146597545
T1 Peripheral Angiography
T2 Interventional Cardiology, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071820363
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146597545
RD 2024/04/18
AB Atherosclerosis  is  a  systemic  vascular  disease  that  often  affects  multiple  vascular  territories  and  leads  to  peripheral  artery  disease  (PAD).  The  age-adjusted  prevalence  of  peripheral  atherosclerotic  disease  is  approximately  12%.1  However,  patients  with  established  risk  factors  for  this  condition,  such  as  diabetes  mellitus,  or  patients  with  known  coronary  artery  disease  (CAD),  have  a  much  higher  prevalence  of  peripheral  athero-occlusive  disease.2  Peripheral  atherosclerotic  disease  remains  poorly  recognized,  as  recently  demonstrated  by  the  PARTNERS  (Peripheral  Arterial  Disease  Awareness,  Risk  and  Treatment:  New  Resources  for  Survival)  Investigators,  a  US  national  survey  of  almost  7000  patients  seen  in  320  primary  care  clinics.  The  survey  showed  that  only  45%  of  the  patients  with  peripheral  vascular  disease  had  been  diagnosed  with  this  condition  prior  to  the  PARTNERS  Program.3