…status and walking capacity, because these may reveal “masked” PAD in patients who do not exert themselves sufficiently to provoke symptoms. Intermittent claudication Intermittent claudication…

…one from perilesional skin (immunofluorescence) The immunofluorescence biopsy goes into Michel's medium, not formalin Suspected vasculitis 4 mm punch from a lesion less than…

…vasculitis, systemic sclerosis, myositis, mixed connective tissue disease, Sjögren syndrome, SLE and APS. Some patient groups have a two to three fold greater prevalence of…

…pathological mechanism is not restricted to a single lesion or process. Although Type 1 MI and acute coronary syndromes are commonly related to atherothrombotic events…

…compression applied to a limb with arterial insufficiency can cause necrosis and, in the worst case, amputation. The decisive step is therefore not the choice…

…fibers) increases while the contractile function worsens. Chronic aortic regurgitation also leads to increasing LVEDP and LAP, which in turn results in pulmonary hypertension and…