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Epidemiology of occult atherosclerosis in the lower limbs

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During the last thirty years epidemiological research into atherosclerotic disease has concentrated on coronary artery disease and stroke because of their high mortality and morbility. Consequently peripheral atherosclerosis affecting the lower limbs has been overshadowed and largely ignored for epidemiological study. Most epidemiological research into peripheral arterial disease has been simply an adjunct to major studies of coronary artery disease in which questions on intermittent claudication have been included in cardiovascular questionnaires. Unfortunately very few studies have attempted to employ non-invasive measurement techniques used commonly in clinical practice to diagnose peripheral arterial disease. This is particularly disappointing as the arteries in the lower limb are relatively accessible to non-invasive measurement and offer considerable potential for the study of asymptomatic disease. Knowledge of the epidemiology of occult atherosclerosis in the lower limbs is thus somewhat limited due to the dearth of studies in this field.

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    Abdul-Majeed Salmasi

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    Andrew N. Nicolaides

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Gerry, F., Fowkes, R. (1991). Epidemiology of occult atherosclerosis in the lower limbs. In: Salmasi, AM., Nicolaides, A.N. (eds) Occult Atherosclerotic Disease. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 123. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3404-0_14

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