Diabetes – a risk factor and prognosticator in peripheral artery disease

Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) is a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease

Curvature and tortuosity of the superficial femoral artery: a possible risk factor for peripheral arterial disease.

Atherosclerosis in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) resulting in peripheral arterial disease is more common in men than women and shows a predilection for the region of the adductor canal. Blood flow patterns are related to development of atherosclerosis, and we investigated if curvature and tortuosity of the femoral artery differed between young men and women and if differences resulted in...

Peripheral Artery Disease Surgical Technique and Peripheral Artery Disease

Invasive treatment for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) has changed dramatically. Medicare claims data from 1996 to 2006 reveal an almost doubling of lower-extremity vascular procedures: The use of endovascular repair increased 3-fold, bypass surgery decreased 42%, and the amputation rate decreased by 29%.1 For patients admitted to hospital for PAD between 1996 and 2005, the likeli...

Peripheral artery disease, diabetes, and reduced lower extremity functioning.

OBJECTIVE To characterize lower extremity function and dysfunction in peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients with and without diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 460 men and women with PAD (147 with diabetes) were recruited from three academic medical centers. Assessments included ankle brachial index (ABI), neuropathy score, 6-min walk distance, 4-m walking...

Anthropometric Measures and the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease