Treatment

Lifestyle Changes

• Smoking cessation.
• Diabetes control.
• Blood pressure control.
• Increased physical activity (eg, walking program).
• Weight loss if overweight.
• Low-saturated fat, low-cholesterol diet.
• Attentive foot care (very important for people with diabetes).
  • Shoes that fit properly.
  • Proper treatment of all foot injurieshealing is slowed when circulation is poor, and the risk of infection is higher.

Medication

• Antiplatelet agents such as aspirin and clopidogrel to thin your blood.
• Medicines to reduce leg pain (eg, pentoxifylline).
• Medicines to help improve walking distance (Cilostazol, Simvastatin).
• Cholesterol-lowering agents (statins).
• Medicines to enlarge or dilate the affected artery(ies).

Invasive Procedures

• Balloon  angioplasty balloon is inflated in the artery to stretch it.
• Stent implanta wire mesh tube is placed in the artery; the stent expands and stays in place, keeping the artery open.
• Laser treatment.
• Atherectomy.