title: [Update PAVK: Epidemiology, comorbidity and prognosis of peripheral arterial obstructive disease].
abstract: The number of patients suffering from PAD is increasing worlwide and the rate of hospitalized patients in Germany is continously increasing. The diagnosis can be made reliably by ankle- and toe-pressure measurements with calculating the ABI and TBI. Clinical relevant comorbidities are CAD, heart insuffiency , chronic renal failure and diabetes. The prognosis of asymptomatic and symptomatic patients is characterized by an increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
authors.affiliation: Max-Grundig Klinik, Bühlerhöhe, 77815 Bühl.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lawall
authors.affiliation: Max-Grundig Klinik, Bühlerhöhe, 77815 Bühl.
authors.forename: Curt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diehm
authors.affiliation: Sektion Angiologie, Gefäßzentrum, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Angiologie, Department für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Universitätsklinikum, Münster.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reinecke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis