The
American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association
launched different guidelines related to peripheral arterial disease
in order to help doctors and all healthcare professionals to treat
in a better way this common condition. According to statistics,
more than 12 million people suffer from Peripheral Arterial Disease
(PAD) in the United States.
PAD
is a really serious illness, since it can cause amputation of the
extremities, rupture of an aortic aneurysm, severe hypertension,
kidney failure, but also heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular
death.
It
is a disease in which arteries supply blood to the arteries outside
the heart, to parts such as legs, feet, kidneys, and intestines.
This arterial disease can cause damages to physical health of people,
by diminishing for instance their ability to walk.
According
to experts, the new guidelines supply a succinct diagnostic and
treatment guidebook for patients suffering from PAD and for physicians,
doctors’ assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses who are now
offering care to treat them.
“A
key source of the power of these recommendations is that they are
so broad-based in their origin from every vascular specialty, as
they attempt to reach a broad-based audience of clinicians. Everyone
can use these Guidelines and a large segment of the public can benefit
from them,” said Alan T. Hirsch, chairman of the writing committee.
Some
highlights of the guidelines include recommended questions and observations
that can uncover hidden signs of peripheral arterial disease; recommendations
on when an aneurysm should be treated with surgery or catheter-based
therapy, as well as when “watchful waiting” is the best way; among
other things.
Article written by Hector Milla, editor of http://www.heartdiseasesympton.com
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Heart Diseases: New Guidelines for Detection and Treatment of Arterial Disease