Progress in non-intervention treatment of peripheral artery disease / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Peripheral arterial disease(PAD)is a common manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis associated with significant morbidity and mortality.The goals of management for patients with PAD are to relieve exertional symptoms,improve walking capacity,improve quality of life,and prevent and retard the progression of systemic atherosclerosis.These patients should be candidates for aggressive secondary prevention strategies including tobacco cessation,physical activity,dietary modification,weight maintenance,blood pressure control,cholesterol control,antiplatelet therapy and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy.This article reviews the current non-intervention treatment of patients with PAD.