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Article: Like Angina In Heart, Claudication In Peripheral Atherosclerosis Hurts Legs; Growth Factor Is Efficacious.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Smoking and aging are two salient risk factors of intermittent claudication.
Claudication - muscular leg pain when walking - is a hallmark of peripheral artery disease. That's akin to coronary artery disease, which involves limbs, not heart.
"Peripheral artery disease," observed interventional cardiologist Robert Lederman, "is another manifestation of atherosclerosis - the coronary artery disease that brings on cardiovascular disorders like angina or myocardial infarction, and cerebrovascular disease leading to stroke. Coronary and peripheral arterial disease are the same in different locations in the body. Peripheral ...