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Peripheral Vascular Disease
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Connected health information
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Linked signs and symptoms
6Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
Linked drugs / medications
1Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
21Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Medical therapy
5Lifestyle changes
9- Increase Exercise
- Increase ExerciseStrongly in Favour(Moderate Evidence)
- Low Fat Diet
- Reduce or Stop Smoking
- Reduce or Stop SmokingStrongly in Favour(High Evidence)
- Regular Excercise
- Regular Exercise (30 Minutes A Day)Weakly in Favour(Moderate Evidence)
- Weight Reduction
- Weight ReductionStrongly in Favour(High Evidence)
Alternative and complementary therapies
2Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
3These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological markers/agents
3This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
3- FibrinogenReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 150–400 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsFibrinogen Concentration test
- HomocysteineReference range exampleAll, Female: 4–15 µmol/L; All, Male: 7–16 µmol/LLinked diagnostic testsHomocysteine Concentration (HCY, Blood)
- Template Bleeding TimeReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 2.5–9 MinutesLinked diagnostic testsBleeding Time (Ivy Method)
Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Efficacy of Alternative and Mental Health Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Tai Chi:
Recommendation: weakly in favor (Available evidence shows that Tai Chi may have cardiovascular benefits, which include reducing symptoms of peripheral vascular disease)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org