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Call to Action – Women and Peripheral Artery Disease

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Promotes vascular review of symptoms in women
Recommendations provided to improve clinical practice
Contemporary NHLBI data reflect PAD rates similar in men and women

Read the full article in Circulation
Circulation. 2012: published online before print February 15, 2012, 10.1161/CIR.0b013e31824c39ba.

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