Why should cardiologist care about peripheral arterial disease in their cardiac patients?

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is becoming an increasingly important health issue and is associated with significant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. There are many reasons why cardiologists should care about PAD in their cardiac patients but unfortunately, cardiologists tend to focus upon atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries and PAD is inadequately addressed in most cardiology training programmes. To optimize outcomes of patients with global atherosclerotic disease, the modern cardiologist should have a good foundation of knowledge about PAD. The overall effect of this paradigm shift would reduce the incidence of cardiovascular complications and improve patient outcomes.
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research