62.5% 5-year all-cause mortality in symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease

🦵 PAD is not simply a disease of the legs—it is systemic atherosclerosis with profound cardiovascular and human consequences.

📊 Symptomatic PAD: 62.5% 5-year all-cause mortality.
🌍 >316 million adults affected globally.
🚶 Yet mobility, pain, independence and mental health are too often overshadowed by patency and amputation.

💡 The Lancet's message is simple: count what matters to patients.

🫀 Recognize PAD. Treat systemic risk. Preserve lives—and livelihoods.

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