2024 Peripheral Arterial Disease Guidelines – What’s New
Guest: Stan Henkin, M.D.
Host: Malcolm Bell, M.D.
The new iteration of ACC/AHA/AACVPR/APMA/ABC/SCAI/SVM/SVN/SVS/SIR/VESS Guideline for the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease got here out in 2024, offering a number of new suggestions for the administration of decrease extremity peripheral artery illness (PAD) as in comparison with the 2016 PAD Guideline. These suggestions had been made in mild of a number of new trials for the reason that prior guideline, together with use of antiplatelet and antithrombotic remedy, lipid-lowering remedy and structured train remedy. For the primary time, these pointers additionally underscore the significance of well being disparities in PAD. This podcast will spotlight these new suggestions with deal with prevention of opposed occasions in sufferers with PAD.
Topics Discussed:
• Why was an replace of 2016 PAD pointers crucial?
• What are vital new class I suggestions within the pointers?
• For the primary time, well being disparities are highlighted for sufferers with PAD. Why was this achieved?
