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- Title
Medical Management of Intermittent Claudication.
- Authors
Casey, Kevin; Tonnessen, Britt H.; Sternbergh III, W. Charles; Money, Samuel R.
- Abstract
The symptoms of intermittent claudication (IC) lead sufferers to seek medical attention, potentially leading to substantial workup and invasive testing. However, only a minority of people with IC develop limb-threatening ischemia or symptoms of significant lifestyle-limiting claudication. Patients with IC have a substantial risk of concomitant cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Assessment of comorbidities and control of risk factors reduce the cardiovascular risk of these patients. A multitude of drugs have been developed and tested in numerous trials for the symptoms of IC. Although no drug alone offers a "cure" to IC, some are used as adjuvant therapy to reduce claudication symptoms.
- Subjects
INTERMITTENT claudication treatment; ISCHEMIA; SYMPTOMS; COMORBIDITY; LIFESTYLES; BRAIN diseases; CEREBROVASCULAR disease
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2004, Vol 38, Issue 5, p391
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/153857440403800501