Long-term Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease In Veterans: Analysis of the PEripheral ARtery Disease Long-term Survival Study (PEARLS).
Saket GirotraQiang LiMary-Vaughan SarrazinBrian C LundMohammad Al-GaradiJoshua A BeckmanRohit NathaniRichard M HoffmanPaul S ChanSubhash BanerjeeShirling TsaiDharam J KumbhaniNicole Minniefield-YoungKim G SmolderenShipra AryaCathy NguyenMichael E MathenyGlenn T GobbelPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)
We have successfully launched a registry of >100,000 patients with a new diagnosis of PAD in the VHA, the largest integrated health system in the U.S. The ncidence of death and clinical events in our cohort is high. Ongoing studies will yield important insights regarding improving care and outcomes in this high-risk group.