Tomson Joseph, Lip Gregory Y H
University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH, England, UK.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2005 Jun 22;5(1):15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-5-15.
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common, progressive manifestation of atherothrombotic vascular disease, which should be managed no different to cardiac disease. Indeed, there is growing evidence that PAD patients are a high risk group, although still relatively under-detected and under treated. This is despite the fact that PAD patients are an increased mortality rate comparable to those with pre-existing or established cardiovascular disease [myocardial infarction, stroke]. With a holistic approach to atherothrombotic vascular disease, our management of PAD can only get better.
外周动脉疾病（PAD）是动脉粥样硬化血栓形成性血管疾病常见的进展性表现，其治疗方式应与心脏病无异。事实上，越来越多的证据表明，PAD患者是高危群体，尽管目前仍相对未得到充分检测和治疗。尽管PAD患者的死亡率与已有心血管疾病[心肌梗死、中风]患者相当，但情况依然如此。通过对动脉粥样硬化血栓形成性血管疾病采取整体治疗方法，我们对PAD的管理才能有所改善。
