Lower Extremity Arterial Disease

Catalano C, Fraioli F, Laghi A, Napoli A, Bezzi M, Pediconi F, Danti M, Nofroni I, Passarielloa R (2004) Infrarenal aortic and lower-extremity arterial disease diagnostic performance of multi-detector row CT angiography. Radiology 231 555-563... 

Heijenbrok-Kal MH, Kock MCJM, Hunink MGM (2007) Lower extremity arterial disease multidetector CT angiography meta-analysis. Radiology 245 433-439... 

From Clinical Hypertension and Vascular Diseases Lower Extremity Arterial Disease Edited by D. G. Caralis and G. L. Bakris Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ... 

Frequent symptoms of lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) are pressure, tightness, squeezing sensation, burning, and frank pain precipitated by leg exercise and relieved by rest. Intermittent claudication also may be present as fatigue in working skeletal muscles. Continuous pain must be differentiated from intermittent pain, because continuous pain may be a result of a sudden arterial occlusion with or without preexisting stenosis. Extremely severe ischemia or ischemic neuropathy, ulceration, or gangrene can also cause continuous pain. 

Newman AB, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kuller LH. Lower-extremity arterial disease in older hypertensive adults. Artenosder r/jromfc 1993 13 555-562. 

Physical Inactivity is a Risk Factor for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease and Coronary Heart Disease... 

Physical Inactivity Is an Independent Risk Factor for the Development OF Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Disease, AND Lower Extremity Arterial Disease... 

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