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Abstract：
Lower Extremity Arteriopathy Disease in the elderly is frequent with an ongoing increase of it prevalence and incidence mainly due to diabetes, hypertension and aging of the population. Despite improvement of revascularization therapy, outcome in this population is poor affected by frailty of elderly patient. Aging is associated with a higher prevalence of below the knee disease and wound, often with diagnostic delay leading to a major rate of amputation, mortality and alteration of quality of life. Moreover, it leads to an important health cost for society. This review aims to describe main features of LEAD in the elderly, providing keys for early recognition and managing of such disease in this population.
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