BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether peripheral arterial disease (PAD) subjects have impaired balance and a higher prevalence of falls than non-PAD controls and to determine whether balance and falls are related to the severity of PAD and functional status. METHODS A total of 367 PAD subjects (aged 68 +/- 1 years; mean +/- SEM) and 458 non-PAD controls (aged 67 +/- 1 ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although peripheral artery disease (PAD) has a particularly poor prognosis compared with vascular disease in other territories, little attention is paid to its epidemiology, treatment, and prevention. Despite the high prevalence of PAD in patients with stroke, and of stroke in patients with PAD, PAD is omitted from all guidelines for treatment, prevention, and rehabilitat...

Aims. We here investigated the association of different types of periampullary diverticula (PAD) with pancreaticobiliary disease and with technical success of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Methods. A total of 850 consecutive patients who underwent their first ERCP were entered into a database. Of these patients, 161 patients (18.9%) had PAD and the age- and sex-matched ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are different manifestations of atherosclerosis but frequently coexist. Previous studies have identified subjects with PAD as a high-risk subgroup with increased adverse events after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). PAD has also been associated with increased rates of adverse events after primary PCI for acute...

BACKGROUND The effect of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) on outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) has not been examined in propensity-matched studies. METHODS AND RESULTS Of the 2689 patients with advanced chronic systolic HF in the Beta-Blocker Evaluation of Survival Trial, 441 had a history of PAD. Propensity scores for a history of PAD, calculated for each patient using a ...

BACKGROUND Early identification of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and subsequent instigation of risk modification strategies could minimise disease progression and reduce overall risk of cardiovascular (CV) mortality. However, the feasibility and value of primary care PAD screening is uncertain. AIM This study (the PIPETTE study - Peripheral arterial disease In Primary carE: Targeted scree...

Background: Cardiovascular diseases including peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are highly prevalent among hemodialysis patients. PAD is one of the important manifestations of systemic atherosclerosis and is related to poorer quality of life among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In this study, we evaluated the prevalence and correlation factors of PAD in hemodialysis patients usin...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the natural history of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) complicating type 2 diabetes, in particular the influence of PAD on the risk of cardiac death and the adequacy of PAD risk factor management. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The Fremantle Diabetes Study (FDS) was a prospective community-based observational study of diabetic patients recruit...

Lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) is frequently underdiagnosed, in part because of the wide variety of leg symptoms manifested by patients with PAD and in part because of the high prevalence of asymptomatic PAD. In primary care medical practices, 30% to 60% of patients with PAD report no exertional leg symptoms and ≈45% to 50% report exertional leg symptoms that are not consistent...

BACKGROUND Rapid growth of the elderly peritoneal dialysis (PD) population is posing a special challenge for renal teams. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) has been reported to be an independent predictor of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in hemodialysis patients. However, the prevalence and associated risk factors for PAD in elderly PD patients have not yet been fully investigated. MET...