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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 221 

Supporting National Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Month and efforts 

to educate people about peripheral arterial disease. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 6, 2007 

Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. DORGAN) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

Pensions 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting National Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness 

Month and efforts to educate people about peripheral 

arterial disease. 

Whereas peripheral arterial disease is a vascular disease that 

occurs when narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the 

limbs; 

Whereas peripheral arterial disease is a significant vascular 

disease that can be as serious as a heart attack or stroke; 

Whereas peripheral arterial disease affects approximately 

8,000,000 to 12,000,000 Americans; 

Whereas 1 in 5 patients with peripheral arterial disease will 

experience cardiovascular death, heart attack, stroke, or 

hospitalization within 1 year; 


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Whereas the survival rate for individuals with peripheral arterial disease is worse than the outcome for many common 

cancers; 

Whereas peripheral arterial disease is a leading cause of 

lower limb amputation in the United States; 

Whereas many patients with peripheral arterial disease have 

walking impairment that leads to a diminished quality of 

life and functional capacity; 

Whereas a majority of patients with peripheral arterial disease are asymptomatic and less than half of individuals 

with peripheral arterial disease are aware of their diagnoses; 

Whereas African-American ethnicity is a strong and independent risk factor for peripheral arterial disease, and 

yet this fact is not well known to those at risk; 

Whereas effective treatments are available for people with peripheral arterial disease to reduce heart attacks, strokes, 

and amputations and to improve quality of life; 

Whereas many patients with peripheral arterial disease are 

still untreated with proven therapies; 

Whereas there is a need for comprehensive educational efforts 

designed to increase awareness of peripheral arterial disease among medical professionals and the greater public 

in order to promote early detection and proper treatment 

of this disease to improve quality of life, prevent heart attacks and strokes, and save lives and limbs; and 

Whereas September 2007 is an appropriate month to observe 

National Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness Month: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) supports National Peripheral Arterial Dis2 ease Awareness Month and efforts to educate people 

3 about peripheral arterial disease; 

4 (2) acknowledges the critical importance of pe5 ripheral arterial disease awareness to improve na6 tional cardiovascular health; 

7 (3) supports raising awareness of the con8 sequences of undiagnosed and untreated peripheral 

9 arterial disease and the need to seek appropriate 

10 care as a serious public health issue; and 

11 (4) calls upon the people of the United States 

12 to observe the month with appropriate programs and 

13 activities. 

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