Peripheral Arterial Disease and the Risk Factors: Short Review Volume 2 - Issue 5

Sudeb Mukherjee¹* and Saumyajit Ghosh²

• ¹Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Post Doctoral Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Calcutta National Medical College Hospital, India
• ²Department Of Medicine, Burdwan Medical College Hospital, India

Received: December 09, 2019;   Published: January 06, 2020

Corresponding author: Sudeb Mukherjee, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Post-Doctoral Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Calcutta National Medical College Hospital, Kolkata- 700014, West Bengal, India

DOI: 10.32474/ACR.2020.02.000147

 

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Abstract

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is narrowing of peripheral arteries. It affects a large number of populations worldwide. Narrowing of the peripheral arteries are due to atherosclerosis of these arteries. Underlying reasons includes smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia and many others. This review discusses all the risk factors for causation of PAD in short with review of relevant literature.

Summary| Background| Symptoms of PAD in the Legs and Feet are Generally Divided Into 2 Categories| Risk Factors Contributing to PAD are the Same as Those for Atherosclerosis: [88,89]| References|