[Check-up, what else?].
Evidence-based check-up does not only include medical history and physical examination but consultation with regard to recommended vaccinations, screening for cancer and cardiovascular risk factors. Patients with PAD are at high risk for cardiovascular events but frequently claudication is not mentioned during anamnesis, thus specific attention to exercise-dependent leg discomfort is necessary. Recognition of PAD related symptoms is important because it may implicate secondary cardiovascular prevention and specific therapeutic options including walking exercise and endovascular revascularisation exist.
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Klinik für Angiologie, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel.
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D000359:Aftercare; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D010808:Physical Examination; D015607:Stents; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex