Specificities of primary and secondary prevention of lower extremity artery disease: introduction to a series of reviews.

Pavel PoredošKosmas I ParaskevasDimitri P MikhailidisAgata StanekArkadiusz JawienPier Luigi AntignaniAles Blinc

Published in: International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology (2024)

This article briefly discusses the risk factors for the development of lower extremity artery disease, namely smoking, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia/dyslipidemia and hypertension. Each of these risk factors will be discussed in detail in forthcoming articles of the journal.

Keyphrases

risk factors
blood pressure
high fat diet
type diabetes
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
skeletal muscle
weight loss