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Aortoiliac, Femoral, Popliteal, Tibial, or Peroneal Arteries Classic Symptom: Intermittent Claudication
Aortoiliac, Femoral, Popliteal, Tibial, or Peroneal Arteries Classic Symptom: Intermittent Claudication
Diagnostics:
Invasive: Angiography
Peripheral Arterial Disease of
the Lower Extremities
Treatment:
Medication –
Antiplatelet Therapy – Plavix / ASA
< blood viscosity / >erythrocyte flexibility – Trental
< platelet aggregation & promote vasodilation - Pletal
Peripheral Arterial Disease of
the Lower Extremities
Critical Limb Ischemia
Interventional Radiology
Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty
Atherectomy
Surgical Revascularization
Endarterectomy
Graft angioplasty
Peripheral artery bypass surgery