Symptom Descriptors in Individuals Living With Undiagnosed Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease

RJL Brown, D Treat-Jacobson… - Western journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Most individuals with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) experience
symptoms other than claudication and live with undiagnosed PAD yet no tools exist to detect …

Prospective assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of multi-site photoplethysmography pulse measurements for diagnosis of peripheral artery disease in primary care

G Stansby, AJ Sims, L Wilson, TAW Beale… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is associated with cerebral and coronary artery disease.
Symptomatic PAD affects about 5% of people over 55 years; many more have asymptomatic …

[HTML][HTML] Peripheral Arterial Disease in Nova Scotia: Increased Prevalence, Low Public Awareness, and Poor Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire Sensitivity

EA MacLean, EJ Fogarty, BJ Peterson, S Xu… - CJC open, 2024 - Elsevier
Background This study had the following 3 goals:(i) to assess the prevalence of peripheral
arterial disease (PAD) in a Nova Scotian population;(ii) to evaluate the validity of the …

[HTML][HTML] Phase angle associated is with low ankle-brachial index in type 2 diabetes patients in Ghana

JA Agyekum, K Yeboah - Diabetes Epidemiology and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is associated with high burden of
atherosclerotic macrovascular disease which could be diagnosed with ankle-brachial index …

Optimising Exercise Prescription in Patients with Intermittent Claudication: A United Kingdom Perspective

S Seed - 2024 - clok.uclan.ac.uk
The National Institute for Health Care Excellence guidelines (NICE) recommend supervised
exercise programmes (SEPs) as the first line of treatment for patients with intermittent …