Call to Action – Women and Peripheral Artery Disease
Published: February 15, 2012
- Promotes vascular review of symptoms in women
- Recommendations provided to improve clinical practice
- Contemporary NHLBI data reflect PAD rates similar in men and women
Supporting Materials
- Commentary: Peripheral Artery Disease in Women: It’s Time by Ileana L. Piña, M.D., M.P.H.
- Top Things to Know: Call to Action – Women and Peripheral Artery Disease
Recommended Reading
- ACC/AHA 2005 Practice Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease (Lower Extremity, Renal, Mesenteric, and Abdominal Aortic)
- Transatlantic Intersocietal Consensus Document on the Management of Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease
- AAACVPR/ACC/AHA 2007 Performance Measures on Cardiac Rehabilitation for Referral to and Delivery of Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Services
- Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—2011 Update