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A recent study by Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that social determinants, such as age, sex, marital status, and education level, had an impact on cardiovascular risk. Focusing on data for Minnesota, researchers noted that the state had the lowest age-adjusted cardiovascular disease mortality rate. However, the mortality rate was two Read more…
A recent study of peripheral artery disease in the Hispanic population found that Hispanic patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) are much more likely to have the condition treated in a hospital emergency department instead of a primary care provider. The study examined 1,018,220 PAD hospitalizations from 2011 to 2017, and Read more…
At the Society for Vascular Surgery’s online Scientific Session 8, Mark Eid, MD presented a talk called, “Racial and regional disparities in the prevalence of peripheral artery disease and diabetes and amputation rates among Medicare patients.” The research suggested that African-American patients living in areas where the diagnosed rates of Read more…
An article published in FierceHealthcare highlighted the epidemic of peripheral artery disease (PAD), and specifically how it impacts communities of color. The article, written by Foluso Fakorede, M.D. of Cardiovascular Solutions of Central Mississippi, and is focused on preventing some of the roughly 200,000 non-traumatic amputations that occur in the Read more…