Mortality and Vascular Morbidity in Older Adults With Asymptomatic Versus Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease

Diehm, Curt; Rainer Allenberg, Jens; Pittrow, David; Mahn, Matthias; Tepohl, Gerhart; L. Haberl, Roman; Darius, Harald; Burghaus, Ina; Joachim Trampisch, Hans

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.109.865600

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Mortality and Vascular Morbidity in Older Adults With Asymptomatic Versus Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease

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Authors:

Curt Diehm

Jens Rainer Allenberg

David Pittrow

Abstract

Background— Our aim was to assess the mortality and vascular morbidity risk of elderly individuals with asymptomatic versus symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) in the primary care setting. Methods and Results— This prospective cohort study included 6880 representative unselected patients ≥65...

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