摘要: Key Clinical PointsPeripheral Artery Disease Atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease affects more than 200 million persons worldwide, including at least 8.5 in the United States, and is associated with high rates of cardiovascular events death. Smoking diabetes are strongest risk factors. Noninvasive vascular testing provides information on presence, severity, location disease. Exercise can uncover mild quantify functional capacity. In treatment disease, main goals to reduce improve Supervised exercise increases walking distance. Cilostazol be used as an adjunct program. Conventional angiography typically performed when revascularization being considered. Computed tomography or magnetic resonance also useful planning for revascularization. Revascularization, endovascular surgical, indicated symp...