Medical Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease: Current Concepts and Future Options

Authors: Frank Schroder¹; Thomas Weiss¹

Source: Vascular Disease Prevention, Volume 1, Number 3, November 2004 , pp. 211-218(8)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

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Abstract:

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has an increasing prevalence and incidence; 30% of the patients with intermittent claudication die within 5 years. Therapeutic goals are therefore a reduction of the high cardiovascular mortality and improvement of the ischaemic symptoms. The review describes the medical treatment options for the different stages of PAD and focuses on new treatment strategies, like the local application of growth factors or autologous stem cells.

Keywords: peripheral arterial disease; medical treatment; vasoactive drugs; new treatment strategies

Document Type: Review article

DOI: 10.2174/1567270043405006

Affiliations: 1: Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Medical School of Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.

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