Update on peripheral vascular diseases: from smoking cessation to stenting.
Newer pharmacologic agents including gene therapy hold promise for the treatment of atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease (PVD), as do advances in endovascular revascularization techniques. Nonetheless, the two most important treatments remain the same: stopping smoking and starting a walking program.
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Division of Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0022, USA. dmukherjee@pol.net
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D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D015607:Stents; D016138:Walking