PAD Collaborative
What is the Collaborative?
Many adults in the U.S. are suffering from undetected or uncontrolled peripheral artery disease, PAD. Awareness of the risks of PAD, including reduced quality of life, amputation, heart disease, stroke and death, is low.
The PAD Collaborative unites organizations and experts committed to advancing the PAD National Action Plan with the goal to increase public awareness and understanding of PAD, prevent complications, address health barriers and improve quality of life for people living with the disease.
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Lower Extremity Amputations Heat Map
The purpose of the map is to spread awareness and assist advocacy efforts to reduce lower extremity amputations. To create the data for this map, the total number of people diagnosed with PAD in each state, congressional district and county were followed over a five-year period to determine how many underwent lower extremity amputation.
In addition to geographic data, this map includes filters to explore demographic characteristics such as age, race/ethnicity and sex. This information can help better show how PAD affects different people and how this challenging problem may need different solutions.
Click to View Interactive Heat-Map.
Map description:The interactive map above illustrates lower limb amputations per 1,000 Medicare patients with PAD. The map utilizes the 117th Congress for congressional data. Darker colors indicate areas with higher amputation rates, and lighter colors indicate areas with lower amputation rates. Gray represents areas where the data is either missing or suppressed to protect patient privacy.
Data Source: Medicare and United States Census Bureau data were used to create this heat map. Amputation rate is defined as the number of lower limb amputations per 1,000 Medicare patients with PAD.
For more information: To find your congressional district, visit United States House of Representatives: Find Your Representative. For demographic information and statistics for your congressional district, visit My Congressional District.
Utilize the Heat Map Activation Guide as a Resource: Creating Change in Your Community: Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Lower Extremity Amputations Heat Map Activation Guide
If you need assistance accessing the data or have questions regarding the map, please reach us at: [email protected].
Meet the Collaborative:
The long-term success of the PAD National Action Plan depends on the collaboration and coordination of many groups and health care champions committed to conquering this disease. More than a dozen organizations and hundreds of volunteers have already raised their hand to work together to advance the National Action Plan.
Leadership
Dr. Marc Bonaca serves as the current chair of the Collaborative. Dr. Bonaca, together with a Steering Group comprised of representatives from seventeen organizations are responsible for guiding the decision-making process and inspiring action of Collaborative members ensuring National Action Plan implementation is moving forward.
Six Goal Committees, each led by volunteer committee cochairs actively work on implementation strategies outlined in the National Action Plan.
PAD Collaborative membership is open to both organizational and individual participation. Members agree to work together to have a coordinated approach to implementing the action items and tactics identified in the National Action Plan.
Public Awareness:
Reach people with PAD and those at risk for PAD by improving public awareness of PAD symptoms and diagnosis.
Resources:
PAD Collaborative members have selected resources from each organization that pertain to this goal area. This is not an exhaustive list. New resources will be added as they are curated and developed by the PAD Collaborative.
- American Heart Association
- American Podiatric Medical Association
- CDC/Million Hearts
- NHLBI
- Brochure: Facts About PAD (PDF)
- Brochure: Facts About PAD for African Americans
- Brochure: Facts About PAD for Hispanics/Latinos
- Brochure: Datos Sobre la EAP Para Hispanos/Latinos
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
- Society of Interventional Radiology
- Society for Vascular Medicine
Vascular Disease Patient Information Page: Peripheral artery disease - Elizabeth V Ratchford, Natalie S Evans, 2014 (sagepub.com)
- Vascular Cures
- WomenHeart
- Video: Let’s Talk about PAD English | Spanish
- PAD Fact Sheet (PDF): English | Spanish
Professional Education:
Enhance professional education for multidisciplinary health care professionals who care for people with PAD.
Resources:
PAD Collaborative members have selected resources from each organization that pertain to this goal area. This is not an exhaustive list. New resources will be added as they are curated and developed by the PAD Collaborative.
- American Heart Association
- AACVPR
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
- Society for Vascular Nursing
- Society for Vascular Medicine
- Society of Interventional Radiology
- Vascular Cures
Detection and Treatment:
Activate health care systems to provide enhanced programs for the detection and treatment of PAD patients, with a focus on understanding and addressing patient-centered outcomes.
Resources:
PAD Collaborative members have selected resources from each organization that pertain to this goal area. This is not an exhaustive list. New resources will be added as they are curated and developed by the PAD Collaborative.
Society of Interventional Radiology
- Article: Preventing PAD: IRs can play key role in reducing limb amputations
- Article: On the cutting edge of wound care (end-stage PAD)
- JVIR: Real-World Safety Analysis of Paclitaxel Devices Used for the Treatment of Peripheral Artery Disease
- JVIR: Predictors for Nonhome Patient Discharge following Lower Extremity Arterial Interventions
- JVIR: A Real-Time Blood Flow Measurement Device for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
Public Health:
Reduce the rates of nontraumatic lower extremity amputations related to PAD through public outcome reporting and public health interventions.
Resources:
PAD Collaborative members have selected resources from each organization that pertain to this goal area. This is not an exhaustive list. New resources will be added as they are curated and developed by the PAD Collaborative.
- CDC/Million Hearts
Research:
Increase and sustain research to better understand prevention, diagnosis and treatment of PAD.
Resources:
PAD Collaborative members have selected resources from each organization that pertain to this goal area. This is not an exhaustive list. New resources will be added as they are curated and developed by the PAD Collaborative.
- Case-Based CLTI Webinar Series and more
- PAD Collaborative Research Forum
- Putting Data Into Practice: The BEST-CLI Trial
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
- VIVA
Advocacy:
Coordinate PAD advocacy efforts to shape national policy and improve health outcomes.
Resources:
PAD Collaborative members have selected resources from each organization that pertain to this goal area. This is not an exhaustive list. New resources will be added as they are curated and developed by the PAD Collaborative.
Join the Collaborative:
The long-term success of the PAD National Action Plan depends on the collaboration and coordination of many groups and health care champions committed to conquering this disease. More than a dozen organizations and hundreds of volunteers have already raised their hand to work together to advance the National Action Plan.
For more information about joining a PAD Collaborative:
Committee Membership Guide (PDF)
Member Resources
- 2024 Guideline for the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease
- PAD Health Care Professional Graphics Package
- Individuals with PAD Graphics
- PAD Heat Map Swiss Cheese Final
- PAD Screening Social Media (PAD Swiss Cheese Post)
- PAD Community Screening Participation Letter
- PAD Community Screening Editable Flyer