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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2025

Novel Interventions to Improve Adherence to Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Claudicants.

Richard Shi, Nicholas Bulatao, Adam Tanious

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Richard ShiDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7697-6507
Nicholas BulataoDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
Adam TaniousDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1206-1313

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intermittent claudication is the most common manifestation of peripheral arterial disease as well as a lifestyle-limiting disease with a favorable prognosis. Despite societal guideline recommendations, most claudicants do not trial optimal medical therapy (OMT) and supervised exercise therapy (SET) or receive a quality-of-life (QoL) assessment prior to intervention. In this review, we discuss the components of OMT and SET and the trials establishing their clear benefits in claudicants. We assess adherence rates to OMT/SET and qualitative and quantitative studies attempting to understand the barriers to adoption. We also review how patient-reported outcome metrics were developed to assess QoL in claudicants and reasons for their underutilization in daily clinical practice. Last, we describe novel initiatives seeking to improve adherence to OMT, SET, and QoL assessment.

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claudicationguideline-directed medical therapymedication adherenceperipheral arterial diseasequality improvement

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PMID40806931
PMCPMC12348032

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