L’American Heart Association e l’American College of Cardiology hanno pubblicato sulle rispettive riviste “Circulation” e “Journal of the American College of Cardiology” un documento congiunto sulla gestione della malattia arteriosa periferica. La nuova linea guida aggiorna quella pubblicata nel 2011. Dal punto di vista della terapia medica gli esperti Aha/Acc raccomandano l’uso di statine per ridurre l’accumulo di colesterolo all’interno delle pareti arteriose. Consigliando ai pazienti con malattia arteriosa periferica anche gli antiaggreganti come l’aspirina o il clopidogrel.
Leggi i documenti:
- 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery DiseaseA Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines
Marie D. Gerhard-Herman, Heather L. Gornik, Coletta Barrett, Neal R. Barshes, Matthew A. Corriere, Douglas E. Drachman, Lee A. Fleisher, Francis Gerry R. Fowkes, Naomi M. Hamburg, Scott Kinlay, Robert Lookstein, Sanjay Misra, Leila Mureebe, Jeffrey W. Olin, Rajan A.G. Patel, Judith G. Regensteiner, Andres Schanzer, Mehdi H. Shishehbor, Kerry J. Stewart, Diane Treat-Jacobson and M. Eileen Walsh
Circulation. 2016;CIR.0000000000000471, originally published November 13, 2016 - 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive SummaryA Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines
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