A 70-year-old woman with intermittent claudication asks about antithrombotic therapy for symptomatic PAD without recent revascularization. What is rec...

Question

A 70-year-old woman with intermittent claudication asks about antithrombotic therapy for symptomatic PAD without recent revascularization. What is recommended?

Accepted Answer

Single antiplatelet therapy (aspirin or clopidogrel)

Answer

No antiplatelet therapy until ABI

Answer

Dual antiplatelet therapy indefinitely

Answer

Full-dose rivaroxaban (20 mg daily) plus aspirin

Answer

Warfarin with INR 2-3

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): PAD-Antiplatelet Therapy

A 70-year-old woman with intermittent claudication asks about antithrombotic therapy for symptomatic PAD without recent revascularization. What is recommended?