Peripheral Artery Disease Lower Extremity Guidelines Pocket Guide - Guideline Central

Peripheral Artery Disease Lower Extremity

American College of Cardiology, American Heart AssociationPublished: May 14, 2024

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  • Overview
    • Top 10 Take-Home Messages
  • Diagnosis
    • Recognizing Clinical Subsets of PAD
    • History and Physical Examination to Assess for PAD
    • Resting ABI and Additional Physiological Testing
    • Imaging for PAD
    • Special Considerations in PAD: Risk Amplifiers, Health Disparities, and PAD in Older Patients
  • Treatment
    • Medical Therapy and Preventive Footcare for Patients With PAD
    • Exercise Therapy for PAD
    • Revascularization for Asymptomatic PAD
    • Revascularization for Claudication
    • Team-Based Care for CLTI
    • Acute Limb Ischemia
    • Longitudinal Follow-Up of PAD
  • Tables
    • Definitions of PAD Key Terms
    • Clinical Subsets of Patients With PAD
    • Patients at Increased Risk for PAD
    • History and Physical Examination Findings Suggestive of PAD
    • Alternative Diagnosis for Leg Pain or Claudication Not Related to PAD (Normal Physiological Testing)
    • Alternative Diagnoses for Nonhealing Lower Extremity Wounds With Normal Physiological Testing (Not PAD Related)
    • PAD-Related Risk Amplifiers
    • Geriatric Syndromes and Considerations in the Management of PAD in Older Patients
    • High-, Moderate-, and Low-Intensity Statin Therapy
    • Risk Factors for Development of Foot Ulcers or Amputation Among Patients With PAD
    • Components of a Comprehensive Foot Evaluation for Patients With PAD
    • Structured Exercise Programs for PAD
    • Multispecialty Care Team for PAD
    • Factors That May Influence Revascularization Strategy for CLTI
    • Components of Wound Care for Patients With CLTI
    • Anatomic Classification of the "No Option" Patient With CLTI
    • Major Factors Influencing QOL Among Amputees
  • Figures and Algorithms
    • Clinical Subsets of PAD
    • Algorithm for Diagnostic Testing for PAD
    • Health Disparities and PAD-Related Risk Amplifiers Increase Risk of MACE and MALE
    • Medical Therapy and Foot Care for PAD
    • Algorithm for Revascularization for Claudication (Chronic Symptomatic PAD)
    • Components of Care for CLTI
    • Algorithm for Management of CLTI
    • Algorithm for Diagnosis and Management of ALI
    • Underlying Causes of ALI


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