Gender Data Compared for Lower Extremity PAD and Ruptured AAAs
February 1, 2010—The Society for Vascular Surgery announced that a new three-state study shows a slight decrease in inpatient procedures for 2.4 million patients treated for lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) between 1998 and 2007 but reveals gender disparities in emergent hospital admissions and mortality rates for women.
