Lower extremity artery disease is a very common disease, which is frequently associated with consistent disability in terms of both clinical symptoms and functioning. It is also associated with important morbidity and mortality, because of a significant increase in overall cardiovascular risk in affected patients. The establishment of an optimal medical treatment, including a careful management of the different cardiovascular risk factors through a healthy lifestyle, a regular and structured physical activity and the administration (if indicated) of antihypertensive, lipid-lowering, antidiabetic and antithrombotic drugs is a fundamental component in the clinical management of these patients and should always be considered by the clinicians facing the disease.