Narrowing of blood vessels in legs, reducing blood flow and causing pain, cramping, and weakness.

1. The Silent Killer: Understanding
Peripheral Artery Disease

2.  Introduction to Peripheral Artery Disease
 Causes and Risk Factors of PAD
 Diagnosis and Screening for PAD
 Complications of PAD
 Treatment Options for PAD

3. INTRODUCTION TO PERIPHERALARTERY
DISEASE
 PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE (PAD) IS A CONDITION
THAT AFFECTS THE BLOOD VESSELS OUTSIDE OF THE
HEART AND BRAIN.
 IT OCCURS WHEN FATTY DEPOSITS BUILD UP IN THE
ARTERIES, REDUCING BLOOD FLOW TO THE LIMBS.

4. CAUSES AND RISK
FACTORS OF PAD
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF PAD IS ATHEROSCLEROSIS,
WHICH IS THE BUILDUP OF PLAQUE IN THE ARTERIES.
OTHER RISK FACTORS INCLUDE
 SMOKING,
 HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE,
 HIGH CHOLESTEROL,
 DIABETES,
 OBESITY,
 A FAMILY HISTORY OF CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE.

5. DIAGNOSIS AND
SCREENING FOR PAD
DIAGNOSING PAD TYPICALLY INVOLVES
A PHYSICAL EXAM AND NON-INVASIVE
TESTS SUCH AS ANKLE-BRACHIAL
INDEX (ABI) TESTING, WHICH
MEASURES BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE
ARMS AND LEGS TO DETERMINE IF
THERE IS REDUCED BLOOD FLOW IN
THE LEGS.

6. COMPLICATIONS
OF PAD
IF LEFT UNTREATED, PAD CAN
LEAD TO SERIOUS
COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS
CHRONIC PAIN, NON-HEALING
WOUNDS, AND GANGRENE.
PATIENTS WITH PAD ARE
ALSO AT HIGHER RISK FOR
HEART ATTACK AND STROKE.

7. TREATMENT OPTIONS
FOR PAD
TREATMENT FOR PAD TYPICALLY
INVOLVES LIFESTYLE CHANGES SUCH AS
QUITTING SMOKING, EXERCISING
REGULARLY, AND FOLLOWING A HEALTHY
DIET.
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