Peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication in coronary heart disease patients

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is associated with an increased risk of fatal and non-fatal coronary heart disease (CHD). The aims of the this study were 1) to investigate the prevalence of PAD and suspected PAD in a large population of established CHD patients, and 2) to assess the prevalence and control of risk factors in these patients as well health-related quality of life.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - September 8, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Željko Reiner, Johan De Sutter, Lars Ryden, Erkin Mirrakhimov, Nana Pogosova, Marina Dolzhenko, Zlatko Fras, Kornelia Kotseva, David Wood, Dirk De Bacquer Source Type: research