Peripheral Arterial Disease Is Systemic Atherosclerosis, Not a Benign Leg Condition

A Lancet editorial argues that peripheral arterial disease is widely mischaracterized as a benign, localized leg condition, when it is actually a manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis. Symptoms are often misattributed to ageing or musculoskeletal disease, and only a minority of patients report the classic intermittent claudication clinicians are trained to look for.

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