Overlap of Atherosclerotic Disease

Abstract

The importance of identifying overlap disease aids not only in perioperative management but may explain the long-term success or failure of operative interventions. Arterial disease represents a systemic process; thus, isolated interventions may benefit regional symptoms but do not change the overall prognosis for patients. Mitigating these systemic risk factors would logically not only improve perioperative morbidity and mortality but also long-term survival.