Advancing Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Focused Review and Our...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) remains one of the leading causes of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases affecting millions of people worldwide. Clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic disease to chronic limb-threatening ischemia, and patients are not only at a higher risk of amputation and limb loss but also at increased risk of cardiovascular events and mortality. Nowadays, many physicians from various specialties are involved in the care of patients with PAD and provide a wide range of vascular interventions and procedures, but to date, there is still a huge discrepancy as to how these patients are managed and followed up after their interventions. This review aims to provide a comprehensive road map for physicians to help them administer a more standardized care covering all aspects of management of patients with PAD in the postintervention phase based on our institution's best-practice approach.