Peripheral arterial disease classification
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Editors-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Robert G. Schwartz, M.D. [1], Piedmont Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, P.A.; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Classification
Peripheral artery occlusive disease is commonly divided in the Fontaine stages, introduced by Dr René Fontaine in 1954:[1]
- I: mild pain on walking ("claudication")
- II: severe pain on walking relatively shorter distances (intermittent claudication)
- III: pain while resting
- IV: tissue loss (gangrene)