Journal article
Management of risk in peripheral artery disease: Recent therapeutic advances
Abstract
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a problem frequently encountered by physicians who care for patients with coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, renal insufficiency, congestive heart failure, or stroke. Patients with PAD are at heightened risk of myocardial infarction and stroke and are 6 times more likely to die of cardiovascular causes than persons without the disease. There is an urgent need for therapies that reduce the incidence of …
Authors
Hackam DG; Goodman SG; Anand SS
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 150, No. 1, pp. 35–40
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
July 2005
DOI
10.1016/j.ahj.2005.01.008
ISSN
0002-8703