Peripheral arterial disease in diabetes-a review

• Published in: Diabetic medicine 2010-01, Vol.27 (1), p.4-14
• Main Authors: Jude, E. B., Eleftheriadou, I., Tentolouris, N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amputation - statistics & numerical data; Ankle Brachial Index; ankle-brachial pressure index; Biological and medical sciences; diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - physiopathology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Diabetic Angiopathies - diagnosis; Diabetic Angiopathies - physiopathology; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; peripheral arterial disease; Peripheral Arterial Disease - diagnosis; Peripheral Arterial Disease - physiopathology; Risk Factors; Risk Reduction Behavior; treatment; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Vertebrates: endocrinology
• ISSN: 0742-3071; 1464-5491
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02866.x

Diabet. Med. 27, 4–14 (2010) Diabetic patients are at high risk for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) characterized by symptoms of intermittent claudication or critical limb ischaemia. Given the inconsistencies of clinical findings in the diagnosis of PAD in the diabetic patient, measurement of ankle‐brachial pressure index (ABI) has emerged as the relatively simple, non‐invasive and inexpensive diagnostic tool of choice. An ABI