Open AccessUP TO DATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE. FROM GUIDES TO PRACTICE
Author(s) -
Alexandr Ceasovschih,
Victoriţa Șorodoc,
Ovidiu Rusalim Petriș,
Cătălina Lionte,
Oana Sîrbu,
Alexandra Stoica,
Marinela Borgovan,
Mihai Craiu,
Laurențiu Șorodoc
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
romanian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-606X
pISSN - 1220-5478
DOI - 10.37897/rmj.2017.1.7
Subject(s) - arterial disease , subclinical infection , peripheral , medicine , incidence (geometry) , disease , cardiology , coronary artery disease , vascular disease , physics , optics
In recent decades, lifestyle and increase of life duration in developed countries predetermined the appearence of atherosclerotic “epidemy“. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a disease with high incidence, as well as an indirect status indicator of coronary and cerebral arteries. PAD outcome, including the subclinical stage, can be improved by developing an algorithm of early diagnosis, identification of the factors that determine the evolution of the disease and achieving of optimal pharmacological effect.