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Health Encyclopedia: Peripheral Artery Disease And Intermittent Claudication Lifestyle Changes

Lifestyle Changes

Given the aging population and the significant heart risks associated with peripheral artery disease (PAD), experts believe that aggressive therapies are important.

Their are two treatment goals for PAD and claudication:

Manage the pain of intermittent claudication, improve functioning, and prevent PAD from getting worse, so thatgangrene does not occur
Reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease (heart attack and stroke)

There is substantial evidence to indicate that even when patien...

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Health Guide

Heart Attack Diagnosis and Tests

...indicate heart damage. (The doctor will not wait for results, however, before administering treatment if a heart attack is strongly suspected.)Imaging tests, including echocardiogram and perfusion... Read more »

Causes of Cardiac Enlargement

...heart’s healing response is a thinning and stretching-out of the muscle. Types of damage include prior heart attack, long-term alcohol abuse, and heart muscle inflammation. Heart muscle... Read more »

Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs

...This can cause a blood clot to form and totally stop blood flow in a coronary artery, resulting in a heart attack (also called an acute myocardial infarction or MI). Irreversible injury to the... Read more »

Questions for your Cardiologist: Heart Questions to Ask your Doctor

...that I can do to lower my individual risk. I also understand that you can estimate my risk of having a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years using the Framingham risk assessment tool. If I... Read more »

Cardiac Catheterization: A Patient Guide

What is cardiac catheterization? A diagnostic procedure performed to detect problems with the heart and its blood supply a catheter is inserted into the body through an artery or vein. A catheter is... Read more »

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