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Abstract
Lack of perfusion in the EXTREMITIES resulting from atherosclerosis. It is characterized by INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION, and an ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX of 0.9 or less.
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- Peripheral Arterial Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Arterial Disease, Peripheral
- Arterial Diseases, Peripheral
- Artery Disease, Peripheral
- Artery Diseases, Peripheral
- Disease, Peripheral Arterial
- Disease, Peripheral Artery
- Diseases, Peripheral Arterial
- Diseases, Peripheral Artery
- Peripheral Artery Diseases
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate IM with specific peripheral artery IM if pertinent
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History Note
2011; for PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASES use PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES 2007-2010
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Previous Indexing
- Arterial Occlusive Diseases (1963-2010)
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases (1991-2010)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Peripheral Arterial Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058729. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058729
- Peripheral Arterial Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_artery_disease
- Peripheral Arterial Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378681