The Ability to Look Beyond: The Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease

Abstract

This paper offers a practical overview of the contemporary management of patients with peripheral arterial disease presenting intermittent claudication (IC), including clinical and instrumental diagnosis, risk factors modification, medical management, and evidence-based revascularization indications and techniques. Decision making represents a crucial element in the management of the patient with IC; for this, we think a review of this type could be very useful, especially for non-vascular specialists.

Keywords

• peripheral arterial disease
• intermittent claudication
• superficial femoral artery
• medical management
• endovascular procedures
• surgical treatment