Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAD) and its development
People who suffer from PAD have circulatory disorders in the extremities. The most common cause of PAD is arteriosclerosis. The legs are usually affected, which means that patients are unable to walk long distances at a stretch. Due to the breaks they have to take when walking, the condition is also known as intermittent claudication.
Treatment methods for PAD
If a lasting improvement in blood circulation cannot be achieved through walking training and drug therapy, interventional or surgical procedures on the arteries are required. These methods are developing rapidly, which is why we would like to briefly summarise them here:
Minimally invasive endovascular arterial interventions by means of percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTA with conventional or drug-coated balloon catheters), stent placement (conventional or drug-coated), drug dissolution of clots (lysis)
Open vascular surgery on the arteries such as thrombendarterectomy or bypass operations