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Peripheral arterial disease

Última revisão: 16 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 16 Apr 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • asymptomatic
  • intermittent claudication
  • thigh or buttock pain with walking that is relieved with rest
  • diminished or absent pulse
  • sudden onset of severe leg pain accompanied by numbness, weakness, pale and cold leg
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • erectile dysfunction
  • leg pain at rest
  • gangrene
  • nonhealing wound/ulcer
  • muscle atrophy
  • dependent rubor
  • pallor when the leg is elevated
  • loss of hair over the dorsum of the foot
  • nail bed changes
  • shiny/scaly skin
  • pale extremity
  • nerve loss
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Fatores de risco

  • smoking
  • diabetes
  • hypertension
  • hyperlipidemia
  • age >40 years
  • history of coronary artery disease/cerebrovascular disease
  • low levels of exercise
  • chronic kidney disease (CKD)
  • elevated C-reactive protein (CRP)
  • hyperhomocysteinemia
  • vasculitis/inflammatory conditions
  • arterial fibrodysplasia
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • ankle-brachial index (ABI)
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • toe-brachial index (TBI)
  • segmental pressure examination
  • pulse volume recording
  • duplex ultrasound
  • continuous wave Doppler ultrasound
  • exercise ankle-brachial index (ABI)
  • catheter angiography
  • CT angiogram
  • magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

acute limb ischemia

CONTÍNUA

claudication (not lifestyle-limiting)

claudication (lifestyle-limiting)

chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)

Colaboradores

Autores

Leila Mureebe, MD, MPH, MMCi, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Duke University Health Care

VA Mid Atlantic Healthcare System

Durham

NC

Declarações

LM declares that she has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Dr Leila Mureebe would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Ehrin Armstrong and Dr Kosmas I. Paraskevas, previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

EA is an advisory board member for Abbott Vascular, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and Philips. EA and KIP are both authors of references cited in this topic.

Revisores

Khaled Ziada, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

University of Kentucky

Lexington

KY

Declarações

KZ declares that he has no competing interests.

Debabrata Mukherjee, MD

Gill Foundation Professor of Interventional Cardiology

Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories

Gill Heart Institute

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

University of Kentucky

Lexington

KY

Declarações

DM declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

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Disclosures

Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.

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Principais artigos

Mazzolai L, Teixido-Tura G, Lanzi S, et al. 2024 ESC guidelines for the management of peripheral arterial and aortic diseases. Eur Heart J. 2024 Sep 29;45(36):3538-700.Texto completo  Resumo

Writing Committee Members; Gornik HL, Aronow HD, Goodney PP, et al. 2024 ACC/AHA/AACVPR/APMA/ABC/SCAI/SVM/SVN/SVS/SIR/VESS guideline for the management of lower extremity peripheral artery disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association joint committee on clinical practice guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Jun 18;83(24):2497-604.Texto completo  Resumo

Norgren L, Hiatt WR, Dormandy JA, et al; TASC II Working Group. Inter-society consensus for the management of peripheral arterial disease (TASC II). J Vasc Surg. 2007;45(suppl S):S5-67.Texto completo  Resumo

Mills JL Sr, Conte MS, Armstrong DG, et al. The Society for Vascular Surgery lower extremity threatened limb classification system: risk stratification based on wound, ischemia, and foot infection (WIfI). J Vasc Surg. 2014 Jan;59(1):220-34;e1-2.Texto completo  Resumo

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