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Health Encyclopedia: Peripheral Artery Disease And Intermittent Claudication Reducing Heart Risk Factors
- Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication - Reducing Heart Risk Factors
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms of Peripheral Artery Disease
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Complications
Reducing Heart Risks
If a patient cannot control heart risk factors with lifestyle measures, treatment may be needed.
Drug Treatment for Unhealthy Cholesterol and Lipid Levels
Aggressive control of cholesterol levels is known to reduce death rates in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). Unhealthy cholesterol levels are major contributors to atherosclerosis, the common factor in PAD and heart disease. Many experts now recommend that patients with PAD receive drugs to lower cholesterol.
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Expert & Community Posts
Niacin: Myths and Facts
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No-Flush Niacin
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Weight loss or niacin: Which is better?
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Making Sense of Cholesterol Ratios, Lipid Profiles and Your Heart Disease Risk Scores
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Drop your cholesterol like a stone—naturally!
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Health Guide
Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
...to help lower cholesterol. Weight. Being overweight is a risk factor for heart disease. It also increases your cholesterol. Losing weight can help lower your "bad" cholesterol and total... Read more »Cholesterol, Heart Disease
...andallow blood to flow freely.Lowering LDL is the primary goal of cholesterol drug and lifestyle therapy.High Density Lipoproteins (HDL), the "Good" CholesterolHigh Density Lipoproteins (HDL)... Read more »Stroke Prevention
...may help to prevent strokes caused by blockage in the artery (ischemic stroke), but it may slightly increase the risk of strokes caused by bleeding in the brain (hemorrhagic stroke). A 2005 study... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Risk Factors
...factors for heart disease and stroke. People with a combination of these conditions (including PAD)are at increased risk of a more severe form of the heart or circulatory disease.The following... Read more »Cholesterol Treatment and Drugs
...Program issued its latest recommendations for cholesterol control and management. These guidelines increase the number of Americans who should be taking LDL-lowering medication.Starting... Read more »Images
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