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CardiovascularModerate
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Vascular Surgery · Cardiovascular
Moderate
Severity
Common — affects an estimated 8-10 million adults in large populations, more frequent in smokers and diabetics over 50
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Vascular Surgery
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Primarily caused by atherosclerosis
- 2the buildup of fatty deposits within artery walls that progressively narrows blood vessels and restricts blood flow. Major risk factors include smoking
- 3diabetes
- 4high blood pressure
- 5high cholesterol
- 6and advancing age. Chronic inflammation and endothelial damage from these risk factors drive the plaque formation that narrows the arteries over time.
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