A new Yale study finds low ejectionfraction – the amount of blood your heart pumps out with each beat – is associated with worse cardiovascular outcomes for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD):
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is commonly associated with coronary artery disease (CAD), and echocardiography is frequently performed prior to lower extremity revascularization (LER). However, the incidence of various echocardiographic findings in patients with PAD and their impact on the outcomes of LER has not been well studied.
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