Peripheral arterial disease natural history, complications and prognosis
Editors-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Robert G. Schwartz, M.D. [1], Piedmont Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, P.A.; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
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Overview
Natural History
- An accurate history is the key to the diagnosis of PAD
- Eliciting atherosclerotic risk factors in the history may help to identify patients, who although asymptomatic, have evidence of PAD on physical examination or noninvasive testing.