The Patient-Centered Approach to Claudication, Gebunden

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A Framework for Physicians and Patients with Claudication: Toward a Patient-Centered Approach.- Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of Claudication.- National and International Trends in Prevalence and Incidence of Intermittent Claudication Since 1950.- Making the Diagnosis of Vasculogenic Claudication.- The Natural History of the Limbs in Patients with Intermittent Claudication.- Contemporary Health Disparities in the Diagnosis and Management of Claudication.- Risk Factors for Claudication and Management to Modify Them.- Defining and Choosing Outcome Measures for Managing Claudication.- Pharmacologic Therapy to Improve Functional and Limb Outcomes.- Smoking Cessation in the Management of Claudication: Why and How.- Behavioral and Mental Health Considerations for Patients Experiencing Vasculogenic Claudication.- Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease: Mechanisms, Outcomes, and Optimal Methods.- Aortoiliac Revascularization for Claudication: Evidence, Outcomes, and Patient Selection.- Revascularization: Common Femoral and Profunda Femoris Arteries -- Evidence, Techniques, and Patient Selection.- Revascularization: Infrainguinal -- Evidence, Techniques, and Patient Selection.- Revascularization for Claudication in the Setting of Multi-level and / or Bilateral Disease: How Many Levels to Treat and How.- Risks of Revascularization: The So-Called Treatment Trap.- A Brief Primer on Shared Decision-Making and Applications to Claudication.- Non-traditional and Emerging Treatments for Intermittent Claudication.- Differences between Published Guidelines and Consensus Statements on the Management of Claudication: Society for Vascular Surgery, American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association, and European Society for Vascular Surgery.- Cost-Effectiveness of Claudication Treatment.- Unmet Needs and New Horizons in Treating Patients with Claudication.