Adherence to Guideline‐Recommended Therapy Is Associated With Decreased Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events and Major Adverse Limb Events Among Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease

Background Current guidelines recommend that patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) cease smoking and be treated with aspirin, statin medications, and angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. The combined effects of multiple guideline‐recommended therapies in patients with symptomati...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. e000697 - n/a
Main Authors:	Armstrong, Ehrin J., Chen, Debbie C., Westin, Gregory G., Singh, Satinder, McCoach, Caroline E., Bang, Heejung, Yeo, Khung‐Keong, Anderson, David, Amsterdam, Ezra A., Laird, John R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 10.04.2014
Subjects:	Aged Amputation, Surgical Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors - therapeutic use Aspirin - therapeutic use atherosclerosis claudication Female Guideline Adherence - standards Humans Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - therapeutic use Limb Salvage Male Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction - etiology Myocardial Infarction - mortality Myocardial Infarction - prevention & control Original Research Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care - standards Patient Compliance Peripheral Arterial Disease - complications Peripheral Arterial Disease - diagnosis Peripheral Arterial Disease - mortality Peripheral Arterial Disease - therapy peripheral vascular disease Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards Practice Patterns, Physicians' - standards prevention Preventive Health Services - standards Registries Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Smoking Cessation statins Stroke - etiology Stroke - mortality Stroke - prevention & control Time Factors Treatment Outcome atherosclerosis claudication statins peripheral vascular disease prevention
ISSN:	2047-9980, 2047-9980
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