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1
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Define peripheral arterial disease

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Occlusive disease due to narrowing of peripheral arteries, which do not supply the brain (cerebrovascular) or heart (coronary).

2
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List 5 types of peripheral arterial disease

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Acute limb ischaemia
Acute mesenteric ischaemia

Intermittent claudication
Critical limb ischaemia

Aortic aneurysm: abdominal or thoracic
Aortic dissection

Raynaud’s disease
Takayasu’s disease: vasculitis of aortic arch
Buerger’s disease: inflammation of blood vessels in young men who smoke
Cardiovascular syphilis

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What is Raynaud’s phenomenon

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Vasospasm of digital arteries causes fingers/toes to turn white then blue, with numbness or pain.