Antithrombotic regimens in females with symptomatic lower extremity peripheral arterial disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 11; no. 5; p. e042980
• Main Authors: Strauss, Shira A, Jetty, Prasad, Kobewka, Daniel, Carrier, Marc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 18.05.2021; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Series: Protocol
• Subjects: Amputation; Anticoagulants; anticoagulation; Aspirin; Asymptomatic; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular Medicine; Clinical medicine; Females; Ischemia; Males; Meta-analysis; Mortality; preventive medicine; Sexes; Stroke; Systematic review; Thromboembolism; vascular medicine; vascular surgery; vascular medicine; thromboembolism; vascular surgery; anticoagulation; preventive medicine
• ISSN: 2044-6055; 2044-6055
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042980

IntroductionPatients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are at increased risk for systemic arterial thromboembolic events. Females represent a unique subset of patients with PAD, who differ from males in important ways: they have smaller diameter vessels, undergo lower extremity bypass less freq...