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Lucia Mazzolai: Systemic Vascular Approach to Peripheral Artery Disease
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May 24, 2026, 03:33

Lucia Mazzolai: Systemic Vascular Approach to Peripheral Artery Disease

Lucia Mazzolai, Director of Heart and Vessel Department at CHUV, Head of Vascular Medicine Department, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article by Max Meertens et al, published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, adding:

“Vascular patients do not need fragmented care, they need physicians capable of understanding and managing the vascular system as a whole.

Honored to share my editorial recently published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Peripheral artery disease is not an isolated condition, but the manifestation of a complex systemic vascular disorder requiring comprehensive and coordinated management.

In this editorial, I highlight why angiologists/vascular medicine specialists are at the forefront of vascular disease management.

Their holistic expertise uniquely spans:

  • Arterial diseases
  • Venous disorders
  • Lymphatic diseases
  • Thrombotic conditions
  • Microvascular dysfunction
  • Cardiovascular prevention and risk management
  • Advanced vascular diagnostics and imaging
  • Endovascular and interventional vascular procedures

This broad and integrative vision positions angiologists to understand the full complexity of vascular patients and to coordinate multidisciplinary care across cardiology, vascular surgery, radiology, diabetology, rehabilitation, and preventive medicine.

As vascular patients increasingly present with multimorbidity and diffuse vascular involvement, integrated care pathways are becoming essential, and angiologists are uniquely equipped to lead them, from diagnosis to intervention and long-term prevention.

The future of vascular medicine will depend not only on innovation, but on integration.”

Title: Categorization of patients with peripheral artery disease by Charlson Comorbidity Index

Authors: Max Meertens, Volker H Schmitt, Igli Kalaja, Sascha Macherey-Meyer, Anselm A Derda, Christoph Brochhausen, Thomas Münzel, Philipp Lurz, Lukas Hobohm, Christine Espinola-Klein, Karsten Keller

Lucia Mazzolai: Systemic Vascular Approach to Peripheral Artery Disease

Title: Peripheral artery disease: time to recognize the systemic burden and reorganize care

Authors: Lucia Mazzolai

Read the Full Article on European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Lucia Mazzolai: Systemic Vascular Approach to Peripheral Artery Disease

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Anselm A Derda Christine Espinola-Klein Christoph Brochhausen European Journal of Preventive Cardiology Health Hematology Hemostasis Hemostasis News Hemostasis Today Igli Kalaja Karsten Keller Lucia Mazzolai Lukas Hobohm Max Meertens Medicine Peripheral Artery Disease Philipp Lurz Sascha Macherey-Meyer Thomas Münzel Volker H Schmitt
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