Medical Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease
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- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 295 (5) , 547-553
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.295.5.547
Abstract
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) refers to any pathologic process causing obstruction to blood flow in the arteries exclusive of the coronary and cerebral vessels. In this article we focus on lower extremity PAD, which is a chronic obstructive disease of the aortic, iliac, and lower limb arteries usually caused by atherosclerosis.1,2Keywords
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