Proposal for a diagnostic-therapeutic assistance pathway of the Piedmont Region on lipid-lowering and antithrombotic therapy in patients with peripheral artery disease

The aim of this paper is to present the diagnostic and therapeutic care pathway on peripheral arterial disease, recently developed in the Piedmont Region, Italy. It proposes a combined approach between the cardiologist and vascular surgeon for optimizing the treatment of patients with peripheral artery disease, which includes the most recently approved antithrombotic and lipid-lowering drugs. The goal is to pro-mote a greater awareness on peripheral vascular disease, in order to implement its treatment patterns and consequently to perform an effective secondary cardiovascular prevention.