Occult peripheral artery disease is common and limits the benefit achieved in cardiac rehabilitation

In conclusion, PAD is common in patients in Phase II CR and often clinically occult. Screening based on standard questionnaires appears insensitive in this population, suggesting a need for a broad-based screening strategy with ABI measurements. In this study, undiagnosed PAD significantly attenuated improvements in exercise performance, which potentially has bearings on future clinical events.

Source: Vascular Medicine - March 17, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tam, M. C., Longenecker, C. T., Chow, C., Vest, M., Sukeena, R., Madan Mohan, S. K., Carman, T., Parikh, S. A., Josephson, R. A. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research