Inflammation as a Mechanism and Therapeutic Target in Peripheral Artery Disease

Peripheral artery disease is 1 of 3 major clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis, the other 2 being coronary artery and cerebrovascular disease. Despite progress in surgery, antithrombotic therapy and therapies that modify conventional risk factors (lipid-, blood pressure-, and glucose-lowering interventions), patients with peripheral artery disease have an unacceptably high risk of vascular complications. Additional strategies to reduce …