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| Progressive narrowing of the arteries in the periphery |
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- Atherosclerosis
- Smoking (most common)
- Age
- Gender
- Family History
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- Pain (usually in legs) caused by intermittent caudication, ischemia causes the pain, occurs mostly with movement
- Parethesia
- Thin, shiny, and hairless skin at affected area due to lack of oxygen
- Diminished pulses in affected areas
- Extremity is cool and pale
- Advanced disease will have consistent pain that is more common at night (do not elevate affected area)
- All complications are caused by lack of blood flow/oxygen
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- Pulse doppler
- Ankle/brachial index -- Ankle systolic divided by the brachial systolic, normal is 0.91-1.3, the higher the number, the more severe
- Duplex imaging (ultrasound) -- detects the amount of blood flowing in an area
- Angiography
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- Balloon and stent
- Atherectomy -- plaque removal
- Bypass
- Medications -- aspirin, plavix, anticoagulants, ACE inhibitors, trental (decreases blood viscosity to help with pain)
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