Trends in patient characteristics and mortality among Medicare patients diagnosed with peripheral artery disease.
Xavier Philip FowlerKunal MehtaMark EidBarbara GladdersStephen KearingKayla O MooreMark A CreagerAndrea M AustinMark W FeinbergMarc P BonacaPhilip GreenlandMary M McDermottPhilip P GoodneyPublished in: Vascular medicine (London, England) (2024)
Among US Medicare patients diagnosed with PAD between 2006 and 2019, 1-year age-adjusted mortality declined by 2.7%. This decline in mortality among PAD patients occurred in the context of a younger mean age of diagnosis of PAD and improved cardiovascular prevention therapy.