<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is characterized by obstruction in the lower limbs, mainly due to atherosclerosis. The prevalence of the pathology in people under 40 years of age is 6% and 15-20% in the population over 65 years old.(1,2) Approximately 50% of the affected persons are, at the time of examination, asymptomatic.(3) The most important risk factors associated with this condition are smoking, diabetes mellitus (DM), high cholesterol and high blood pressure (HBP). The current study shows that, regardless of the association of risk factors or pre-hospital treatment, these patients do not benefit from a certain type of treatment (drug or interventional), which corresponds to the existing data in the literature, which do not document the choice of type of treatment depending on the patient’s age or comorbidities.</p></abstract>

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is characterized by obstruction in the lower limbs, mainly due to atherosclerosis. The prevalence of the pathology in people under 40 years of age is 6% and 15-20% in the population over 65 years old.(1,2) Approximately 50% of the affected persons are, at the time of examination, asymptomatic.(3) The most important risk factors associated with this condition are smoking, diabetes mellitus (DM), high cholesterol and high blood pressure (HBP). The current study shows that, regardless of the association of risk factors or pre-hospital treatment, these patients do not benefit from a certain type of treatment (drug or interventional), which corresponds to the existing data in the literature, which do not document the choice of type of treatment depending on the patient’s age or comorbidities.

The Influence of Risk Factors on the Choice of Therapeutic Method in Peripheral Arterial Disease

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is characterized by obstruction in the lower limbs, mainly due to atherosclerosis. The prevalence of the pathology in people...

The Influence of Risk Factors on the Choice of Therapeutic Method in Peripheral Arterial Disease

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 31 - 34

Received: Oct 04, 2020

Accepted: Dec 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0066

Keywords
peripheral, arterial, disease, drug, therapy, risk factors

© 2020 Oana Stoia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Influence of Risk Factors on the Choice of Therapeutic Method in Peripheral Arterial Disease

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 31 - 34

Received: Oct 04, 2020

Accepted: Dec 02, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2020-0066

Keywordsperipheral, arterial, disease, drug, therapy, risk factors

© 2020 Oana Stoia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
peripheral, arterial, disease, drug, therapy, risk factors