Antithrombotic Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease Recent Advances

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects over 200 million people globally and is a cause of significant morbidity, mortality, and disability due to limb loss. Although secondary prevention with antithrombotic therapy is a mainstay of treatment to prevent adverse cardiovascular events, PAD patients are often undertreated with antithrombotic agents. Furthermore, there is a paucity of high-quality data from randomized controlled trials of PAD …