Wide Range of Symptoms for Peripheral Artery Disease

Now that there are more sensitive ways to detect peripheral artery disease (PAD), we are learning about a broader spectrum of PAD symptoms, as demonstrated . . .

Now that there are more sensitive ways to detect peripheral artery disease (PAD), we are learning about a broader spectrum of PAD symptoms, as demonstrated by this cross-sectional study of 460 adults with PAD from 3 Chicago area medical centers and 130 participants without PAD. PAD diagnoses were based on measurement of the ankle-brachial index.

All participants underwent an extensive battery of functional tests. PAD patients were divided into 6 groups: 150 (32 percent) had intermittent claudication; 88 (19 percent) had pain on exertion and at rest; 41 (9 percent) had atypical exertional leg pain that they could walk through; 90 (20 percent) had atypical exertional leg pain that stopped them from walking; and 91 had no exertional leg pain (6…

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KI Marton