Two-Year Follow-Up of Vascular Events in Peripheral Arterial Disease Treated With Antiplatelet Agents: A Prospective Observational Multicenter Cohort Study (SEASON).

ABSTRACT: The present analysis was intended to evaluate the real-world management of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in Asia, and to explore cardiovascular events in patients with PAD undergoing antiplatelet therapy over 2 years of follow-up. The Surveillance of cardiovascular Events in Antiplatelet-treated arteriosclerosis Obliterans patients in JapaN (SEASON) registry is a prospective observational multicenter study of cardiovascular events in antiplatelet-treated patients with PAD in Japan. The SEASON registry included 11,375 patients who were scheduled to receive treatment for PAD. Two analysis populations were defined: a real-world population (RWP; n = 10,322) and a definite PAD population (DPP; n = 3992) who had ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI) <0.9 and intermittent claudication, or a hi

SUBMITTER: Higashi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5522420 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature