Peripheral Artery Disease

Effect of Low-Intensity vs High-Intensity Home-Based Walking Exercise on Walk Distance in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease

April 6, 2021 The LITE Randomized Clinical Trial Mary M. McDermott, MD JAMA. 2021;325(13):1266-1276. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.2536 Key Points Question Does a low-intensity (does not induce ischemic leg symptoms) home-based walking exercise intervention improve 6-minute walk distance more than a high-intensity (induces ischemic leg symptoms) home-based walking exercise intervention and does the low-intensity intervention improve 6-minute walk […]

Red Meat Bad for Heart Failure?

Video at MedPageToday as well. Published: Oct 28, 2014 | Updated: Oct 29, 2014 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this cohort study demonstrated an association between baseline trimethylamine-N-oxide levels and subsequent mortality among patients with heart failure. Be aware that dietary histories were not obtained from the patients […]

Dark Chocolate May Relieve Walking Pain in Peripheral Artery Disease

Medscape Multispecialty July 02, 2014 Story Source PAD: Dark Chocolate May Make Walking Easier – from MedPageToday Maybe we should go on a chocolate-study-news diet – Not so fast ROME, ITALY — Shortly after eating the equivalent of a small bar of dark, but not milk, chocolate, patients with moderate to severe peripheral arterial disease […]

Mediterranean Diet Associated With Lower Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease

Commentary February 19, 2014 Peter Libby MD Full Story Observational studies have long associated a food pattern that has come to be called the “Mediterranean diet” with reduced cardiovascular disease. In pioneering work, the late Ancel Keys in the Seven Countries Study documented a gradient in cardiovascular risk from south to north in Europe and […]

Mediterranean Diet Associated With Lower Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease

JAMA 2014 Jan 22;311(11)415-417, M Ruiz-Canela, R Estruch, D Corella, J Salas-Salvadó, MA Martínez-González Research · January 30, 2014 Full Story Journal Reference TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This multicenter study from Spain previously reported a reduction in MI and stroke with a Mediterranean diet, which includes extra-virgin olive oil and nuts. The authors now report results of a […]

Mediterranean Diet May Also Prevent Peripheral Artery Disease

IMNG Medical Media, 2014 Jan 21, MA Moon News January 21, 2014 Full Story Two variations of the Mediterranean diet were associated with a lower risk of peripheral artery disease, compared with a control diet, in a secondary analysis of the PREDIMED randomized clinical trial, as reported in a Research Letter to the editor in […]