ArticleJournal of vascular surgery2018
Epidemiology of lower extremity peripheral artery disease in veterans.
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- Statins Use in Veterans With Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the PEARLS Study.Circulation. Population health and outcomes · 2026Article
- Compliance with the Veterans Health Administration's Pharmacy Benefit Management guidance for duration of clopidogrel following peripheral vascular interventions: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2026Article
- Blood Pressure and Risk of Clinical Events in Peripheral Artery Disease.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Clinician underprescription of and patient nonadherence to clinical practice guideline-recommended medications for peripheral artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Long-Term Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease in Veterans: Analysis of the Peripheral Artery Disease Long-Term Survival Study (PEARLS).Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Long-term Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease In Veterans: Analysis of the PEripheral ARtery Disease Long-term Survival Study (PEARLS).medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Patient and limb outcomes 10 years after endovascular revascularization of the superficial femoral artery for peripheral artery disease: The Boston Femoral Artery Endovascular Revascularization Outcomes (Boston FAROUT) study.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2023Article
- Narrative Review: Peripheral Arterial Disease in Patients with Hyperuricemia and Gout.Current rheumatology reports · 2023Review
- MetfOrmin BenefIts Lower Extremities with Intermittent Claudication (MOBILE IC): randomized clinical trial protocol.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Article
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- Association of Sex and Race With Incident Peripheral Artery Disease Among Veterans With Normal Ankle-Brachial Indices.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Association of Statin Therapy With Major Adverse Cardiovascular and Limb Outcomes in Patients With End-stage Kidney Disease and Peripheral Artery Disease Receiving Maintenance Dialysis.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Influence of concomitant percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with percutaneous coronary intervention on clinical outcomes of stable lower extremity artery diseases.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Ankle- and Toe-Brachial Index for Peripheral Artery Disease Identification: Unlocking Clinical Data Through Novel Methods.Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular Morbidity in Individuals with Impaired FEV1.Current cardiology reports · 2022Review
- Multiple metabolic comorbidities and their consequences among patients with peripheral arterial disease.PloS one · 2022Article
- Association of coronary artery calcification and thoracic aortic calcification with incident peripheral arterial disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).European heart journal open · 2021Article
- Community ambulation in people with lower limb amputation: An observational cohort study.Medicine · 2021Observational
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- Electromagnetic energy (670 nm) stimulates vasodilation through activation of the large conductance potassium channel (BKCa).PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology, clinical features, outcomes, and predictors of mortality in veterans with peripheral artery disease (PAD).
methodsWe used national data from the Veterans Health Administration from fiscal years 2009 to 2011 to identify patients with a new diagnosis of PAD. Within this cohort, we describe characteristics of the patients, use of recommended medications, and clinical outcomes during a 3-year follow-up (fiscal year 2014). We used Cox proportional hazards regression to examine predictors of mortality and adverse limb outcomes (amputation and hospitalization for critical limb ischemia [CLI]) during follow-up.
resultsA total of 175,865 patients with a new diagnosis of PAD were included. The mean age was 69.9 years; 97.8% were male, and 67.7% were white. Nearly 77% of patients had hypertension, 46.5% had diabetes, 23% had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and 12.9% had renal failure. A prescription for statins was filled by 60.8%, and 34.9% received high-intensity statins within 90 days of PAD diagnosis. At 1 year, 2.6% underwent revascularization, 1.3% developed CLI, and 1.1% underwent amputation. During a median follow-up of 3.8 years, a total of 28.6% patients died (6.7% at 1 year), and 3.7% developed a limb outcome (2.0% at 1 year). Predictors of mortality included advanced age, comorbidities, and CLI or amputation at presentation. In contrast, prescription with statins was associated with lower mortality. Similar findings were present with regard to predictors of adverse limb outcomes, except that older age was associated with a lower risk of amputation or CLI.
conclusionsWe found that veterans with PAD have a high prevalence of comorbid conditions and have a significant risk of mortality and limb loss. A substantial proportion of veterans with PAD are not prescribed recommended medications, especially statin therapy. Our data highlight important opportunities for improving care of veterans with PAD.
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