Impact of atherosclerosis risk factors on the clinical presentation of arterial occlusive disease in Arabic patients

Importance of Ankle/Brachial Pressure Index in Saudi Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

“…However, it was more apparent in other studies [7,[22][23][24][25][26][27]. Whereas, the impact of dyslipidemia was less marked in PAD (present study and others [7,23,24,29]). In agreement with our results hypertension was more common in PAD [7,24].…”

“…Whereas, the impact of dyslipidemia was less marked in PAD (present study and others [7,23,24,29]). In agreement with our results hypertension was more common in PAD [7,24]. There was agreement between current and previous study [30] that estimated that approximately 25% of patients over the age of 55 in a general medical practice have PAD.…”

“…The present study like others [22] has shown that different cardiovascular risk factors have variable influence on atherosclerosis in different territories. Diabetes was more frequent in PAD [7,[22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

“…Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease and can affect different territories at the same time [3][4][5][6]. There was more than one arterial territory affected at the same time in 12% [1] -40% [7]. Several epidemiological studies have shown positive association between coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) [4,8,9].…”

Prevalence and Clinical Outcome of Polyvascular Atherosclerotic Disease in Patients Undergoing Coronary Intervention

“…19 In the current study, we found that old age, hypertension, current smoker, previous CABG, previous stroke, CKD, and use of insulin were predictors of polyVD in patients undergoing PCI. Thus, systematic screening using duplex ultrasound and ABI may be useful in patients with one or more of these risk factors.…”