Aortic & peripheral vascular diseaseResearch article
Disparities in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease
- Narrative review
Authors' conclusion
To improve PAD outcomes, intentional actions to eliminate disparities are necessary, including clinician education, patient education with culturally appropriate messaging, improved access to high-quality health care, science focused on disparity elimination, and health policy changes.
Study context
- Population
- People with lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Disparities in PAD prevalence, symptoms, treatment and outcomes by sex, race and geography
- PAD prevalence similar in men and women; women have more atypical symptoms and undergo lower extremity revascularization at older ages
- Black people: approximately 2-fold higher PAD prevalence vs White people, more atypical symptoms, greater mobility loss, less optimal medical care and higher amputation rates
- Hispanic people with PAD have higher amputation rates than White people
- Amputation rates vary by US geography, highest in the southeastern US
Original publication
Disparities in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. Published 12 December 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2023.09.830
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it