Improving Mobility After Revascularization in Peripheral Artery Disease

This is a six month intervention where participants will walk at home for exercise with guidance from a study coach. They will attend two to four weekly meetings with the coach at the clinical site in the first 4 weeks following randomization, followed by once weekly telephone coaching calls for the remainder of the six-month intervention

Participants will drink one shot of nitrate rich beet-root juice twice daily for six months.

"Participants will be asked to participate in weekly meetings with the coach in the attention control group for weeks 1-26. A staff member will present a topic from the National Institute on Aging age pages relevant to health, such as cancer screening or blood pressure treatment. Calls will last approximately 5-15 minutes and will focus on educational topics such as diabetes, healthy eating, and Medicare Part D."

Participants will drink one shot of placebo beetroot without nitrate juice twice daily for six months.