Abstract
THE treatment of the patient with peripheral arterial insufficiency is increasingly successful. During the course of the disease, however, the physician is frequently called upon to resolve problems about which there is diversity of opinion. These include the significance of vascular calcification, the value of arteriography, the hazards of nicotine, the role of anticoagulant and antispasmodic drugs, the treatment of intermittent claudication, the therapy of acute arterial obstruction and the prophylaxis and management of impending or frank ulceration and gangrene. Finally, opinions differ concerning the indications for sympathectomy, embolectomy, segmental arterial resection and amputation. It is the aim of this . . .
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