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Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

Dr. Bernie Fernandez, Chief Executive Officer of Baptist Health Medical Group, explains Peripheral Arterial Disease is a very common condition that requires medical attention, because it can prevent death, stroke, morbidity, and mortality. "It is simply atherosclerosis, like you would have in a coronary artery, but it is in the lower limbs and the legs of the patients."

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