MD, Women’s View Medical Group, 299 West Foothill Blvd., Suite 209 Upland California 91786, United States
Research Paper
Report on a Program to Improve Vascular Care for Women: Experience in 68,402 Patients Seen in Primary Care Clinics
Author(s): Wendy Miller Rashidi*
Background: Lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects at least 8.5 million people nationwide, causing
143,000+ hospitalizations and 40,000 amputations annually. Women with PAD have a higher chance of being
asymptomatic or present with atypical symptoms. Fewer than half of affected women know they have PAD, and
studies illustrate an expected increase in under-diagnoses in these women. Women with PAD are two to three times
more likely to experience stroke or myocardial infarction (MI). This is the first report on the clinical feasibility of
using a specialized volume plethysmography system (VPS) as operated by a medical aide in the primary care setting
to perform PAD testing on female patients.
Methods: In 2018, consecutive female patients in primary care settings were evaluated for the presence or absence
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