Peripheral Arterial Disease

Question 1

Major risk factors for peripheral arterial disease

Answer 1

Smoking And DM

Minor: htn hyperlipidemia fam history obesity

Question 2

What are the clinical features of pad

Answer 2

Intermittent claudication(pain on exercise) leading to critical limb ischaemia(rest pain) leading to ulceration and gangrene

Question 3

Define intermittent claudication

Answer 3

Pain on exertion usually in calves
Reproducible pain
Relieved by short rest 2-5 mins

Question 4

What makes up lerichie syndrome

Answer 4

Claudication of buttocks impotence and absent distal pulses

Question 5

What is the gold standard for investigating pad

Answer 5

Ct angiogram