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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

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Risk factors for PAD include smoking; having Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, atherosclerosis in other parts of the body (such as coronary artery disease); and being age 75 years or older. and are an important public health issue to be addressed,” said Gornik.

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Proposed Risk Factor Tool Finds Heart Failure Rates are Higher Among American Indian Adults

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and a researcher at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. The elevated risk of heart failure associated with Type 2 diabetes was independent of other risk factors for heart failure, including smoking, high cholesterol, body mass index, previous heart attack history and kidney complications.