血管学: オープンアクセス
オープンアクセス

概要

Impaired Peripheral Circulation in Veterans with Claudication is Associated with Smoking

Takehisa Iwai, Makoto Umeda, Yoshinori Inoue, Andrew W Gardner

We compared the peripheral vascular function of veterans and non-veterans with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and claudication. The circulation of the lower extremities was assessed under rest and reactive hyperemia conditions in 413 veterans and in 83 non-veterans. Veterans had more severe PAD as measured by a lower ankle/brachial index (p