Living a burdensome and demanding life: a qualitative systematic review of the patients experiences of peripheral arterial disease [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundPeripheral arterial disease (PAD) has a significant negative impact on the quality of life of individuals. Understanding the experiences of people living with PAD will be useful in developing comprehensive patient-centred secondary prevention ...
Abaraogu, Ukachukwu Okoroafor +3 more
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Pentoxifylline for intermittent claudication [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015 Intermittent claudication (IC) is a symptom of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Pentoxifylline, one of many drugs used to treat IC, acts by decreasing blood viscosity, improving erythrocyte flexibility and promoting microcirculatory flow and tissue oxygen concentration.
Kareem Salhiyyah +5 more
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Long-term outcomes of a randomized clinical trial of supervised exercise, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty or combined treatment for patients with intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal disease [PDF]
, 2017 Background: To compare the long-term outcomes of angioplasty (PTA), supervised exercise (SEP) and combined treatment (PTA+SEP) in patients with intermittent claudication (IC) due to femoropopliteal disease. Methods: Patients recruited to PTA, SEP and PTA+
Carradice, Daniel +6 more
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Quality of life in patients with intermittent claudication [PDF]
, 2017 © 2017, The Author(s). Background: Intermittent claudication (IC) is a common condition that causes pain in the lower limbs when walking and has been shown to severely impact the quality of life (QoL) of patients.
Broadbent, E. +4 more
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Endovascular management of aortic endograft occlusion
Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2018 Endovascular aortic repair is becoming the standard of care for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Despite aorta being a high flow system, there is still a definite risk of endograft occlusion.
Mukesh Kumar Garg +4 more
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Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.Objective Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA), the most common forms of large‐vessel vasculitis (LVV), can result in serious morbidity. Understanding the molecular basis of LVV should aid in developing better biomarkers and treatments. Methods Plasma proteomic profiling of 184 proteins was performed in two cohorts. Cohort 1 included
Robert T. Maughan +15 more
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Systematic reviews of complementary therapies – an annotated bibliography. Part 2: Herbal medicine [PDF]
, 2001 Background Complementary therapies are widespread but controversial. We aim to provide a comprehensive collection and a summary of systematic reviews of clinical trials in three major complementary therapies (acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy ...
Hondras, M. +5 more
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Patient Characteristics and Comorbidities Influence Walking Distances in Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Large One-Year Physiotherapy Cohort Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to investigate the association between age, gender, body-mass index, smoking behavior, orthopedic comorbidity, neurologic comorbidity, cardiac comorbidity, vascular comorbidity, pulmonic comorbidity, internal ...
Sarah Dörenkamp +4 more
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Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Clinical studies have demonstrated the safety and effectiveness of drug‐coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty for femoropopliteal revascularization. Long‐term studies in routine practice are limited. Aims The aim of this study was to assess long‐term outcomes after DCB angioplasty for femoropopliteal peripheral artery disease in a real ...
Yann Gouëffic +4 more
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