Advancing beyond the "heart-healthy diet" for peripheral arterial disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a burdensome cardiovascular condition that results from chronic inflammatory insults to the arterial vasculature. Key risk factors include age, gender, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hyperhomocysteinemia, smoking, lack of physical fitness, and poor diet, the latter three being modifiable in the development and progression of PAD. A growing body of evidence indicates that imbalanced nutrient intake may contribute to the development and progression of PAD. The purpose of this review is to summarize current knowledge about nutritional patterns among patients with PAD and to ascertain whether certain health-promoting foods and nutrients could benefit patients with this condition.

Methods

We conducted a

SUBMITTER: Nosova EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4275620 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature