Peripheral arterial disease in the elderly

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Table 1 Medical management of peripheral arterial disease in the elderly

Smoking cessation program Treatment of hypertension with blood pressure reduced to <140/90 mm Hg and to <130/80 mm Hg in patients with diabetes mellitus or chronic renal insufficiency Control diabetes mellitus with the hemoglobin A1c level reduced to <7% Treat dyslipidemia and reduce serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol to <70 mg/dL Antiplatelet drug therapy with aspirin or preferably clopidogrel Treatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor Treatment with beta blockers in patients with coronary artery disease in the absence of contraindications to these drugs Use of statins Treatment with cilostazol in patients with intermittent claudication Exercise rehabilitation program Foot care