2016 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Perioperative Implications

LOWER EXTREMITY peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common manifestation of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, estimated to affect approximately 8.5 million Americans older than age 40 and more than 200 million people worldwide.1 PAD portends a poor prognosis both because of its detrimental effect on physical functioning and its association with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in other regions, namely the coronary, cerebrovascular, and renovascular systems.2–4 In the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health registry, a large international registry of more than 65,000 patients spanning more than 40 countries across 6 major regions (Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia), approximately 1 in 6 patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease had evidence of symptomatic polyvascular disease, including the majority of patients with PAD.

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