“…The most closely related risk factors are arterial hypertension and smoking, and less closely linked factors include traumas, inflammatory states, syphilis infection, and connective tissue diseases, such as Marfan and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes. 4,6,12,13 Clinically, PAAs can present gradually or acutely. Progressive presentations present with intermittent claudication and with compressive symptoms, or may even be asymptomatic.…”