Claudicatio intermittens is the major symptom of peripheral arterial disease of extremities. At the same time it is an important manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis. In spite of the fact that the diagnosis of claudicatio intermittens requires only simple, non-invasive, and inexpensive diagnostic methods, the disease is still underdiagnosed and often goes untreated. Proper treatment of patients with claudicatio intermittens prevents the progression of the disease and development of critical limb ischemia as well as reduces other complications of systemic atherosclerosis, including cardiovascular death.

2 interná klinika Lekárskej fakulty UK a FNsP Bratislava Slovenská republika