ARTERIOSCLEROSIS OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIES

Most common symptom is intermittent claudication, a muscular aching or cramping with exercise, quickly relieved by rest. Pain in buttocks and thighs suggests aortoiliac disease; calf muscle pain implies femoral or popliteal artery disease. More advanced arteriosclerotic obstruction results in pain at rest; painful ulcers of the feet (sometimes painless in diabetics) may result.