RT Book, Section
A1 Bushardt, Reamer L.
A1 Hewett, Mary L.
A1 Sease, Julie M.
A2 Sutton, S. Scott
SR Print(0)
ID 7250652
T1 Chapter 9. Peripheral Arterial Disease
T2 McGraw-Hill's NAPLEX® Review Guide
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-175562-7
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7250652
RD 2024/04/20
AB The  term  peripheral  arterial  disease  (PAD)  encompasses  a  number  of  disorders  that  affect  the  arterial  beds  of  the  body  aside  from  the  coronary  arteries.1  The  arteries  of  the  lower  extremities  are  one  of  the  main  areas  affected  by  PAD.  PAD  is  defined  by  an  ankle-brachial  index  (ABI)  of  ≥  0.90.2  PAD  is  a  manifestation  of  atherosclerosis  in  the  body  and  shares  risk  factors  with  coronary  atherosclerosis.  Data  from  the  Framingham  Heart  Study  determined  the  risk  for  developing  PAD  was  increased  when  several  common  conditions  were  present  including  diabetes,  hypercholesterolemia,  cigarette  smoking,  and  hypertension.3