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Dyslipidemia and peripheral arterial disease
- Source :
- Indian Heart Journal, Vol 76, Iss , Pp S86-S89 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2024.
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Abstract
- Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects 12 % of adult population and is increasing globally and in India. Peripheral arterial disease when associated with atherosclerosis in two or more other arterial beds such as coronary artery disease (CAD), mesenteric/renal artery and cerebrovascular disease (CVD), is known as polyvascular disease. The Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) registry reported that 1 out of 6 patients had multi-vascular bed involvement. Progression of PAD to critical limb ischaemia (CLI) is seen in 1 % of affected patients per year, but patients who progress to CLI may have a 10- to 15-fold increased risk of cardiovascular death.The 2019 ECS/EAS guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias have suggested that for primary or secondary prevention in very high risk, patients should follow a therapeutic regimen that achieves >50 % LDL-C reduction from baseline and an LDL-C goal of
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00194832 and 90490088
- Volume :
- 76
- Issue :
- S86-S89
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Indian Heart Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.89943f5b9049008885e4352c38913b
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2024.01.010