Incidence of myocardial infarction, heart failure, and cardiovascular mortality in patients with peripheral artery disease: Trends between 1997 and 2016.
Sadaf KamilThomas S G SehestedKim HoulindJens F LassenGunnar Hilmar GislasonHelena DominguezPublished in: European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes (2022)
The incidence of MI (since 2002) and HF in patients with PAD has significantly decreased over time together with a decline in CV mortality. Our results suggest that preventive strategies have overall improved, most likely due to improvements in application of guidelines in clinical care.