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Intermittent Claudication<br />

• Inadequate supply of oxygenated<br />

blood with exertion<br />

• Pain/ache/fatigue in the calf, thigh,<br />

or buttock muscles from exertion<br />

• Patient usually has to stop walking<br />

for a few minutes<br />

• From latin term “claudicatio”<br />

meaning to limp- first described in<br />

horses<br />

• Conservative management

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