Hintergrund: Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, die Prävalenz der peripheren arteriellen Verschlusskrankheit (PAVK) und korrelierender Faktoren sowie Komorbiditäten bei einer natürlichen weiblichen Population in China zu untersuchen. Patienten und ...
Hintergrund: Aufgrund der demographischen Entwicklung nimmt die Prävalenz von Patienten mit peripherer arterieller Verschlußkrankheit (PAVK) in der Hausarztpraxis zu. In der vorliegenden Studie sollte untersucht werden, ob sich PAVK-Patienten im Vergleich ...
Hintergrund: Auf der Basis der DRG-Statistik des Statistischen Bundesamtes ist für Deutschland erstmals eine detailierte Beschreibung der Amputationszahlen bei stationär behandelten Patienten seit 2005 möglich. Patienten und Methoden: Vom Statistischen ...
Background: Exercise training is recommended as the first-line therapy for intermittent claudication patients. However, the effects of exercise therapy on cardiovascular function of these patients have been poorly studied. The aim of this study is to ...
Background: We analyzed trends in lower extremity endovascular and open surgical procedures in hospitalized patients in Germany. Patients and methods: We used national statistics (DRG statistics) published by the Federal Statistical Office including data ...
Background: To investigate the predictive value of ankle-brachial index (ABI) for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in Chinese patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Patients and methods: 1563 CKD patients were enrolled in the cohort ...
Antiplatelet drugs represent one of the basic options for management of patients with different atherosclerotic diseases. Aspirin is the oldest and most often prescribed antiplatelet drug. The efficacy of aspirin depends on the clinical characteristics of ...
Background: On the basis of the Heinz Nixdorf RECALL Study (HNR) we estimated the impact of classical atherosclerotic risk factors on different ankle-brachial-index (ABI) criteria. Patients and methods: In a subgroup of participants (n = 2586) who had ...
Background: Hybrid endovascular and open reconstructions are used increasingly often for multilevel revascularization for lower limb ischaemia. The aim was to evaluate outcomes after such procedures in a single-center non-randomized retrospective study. ...
Patients with peripheral arterial disease have a high rate of cardiac, cerebrovascular, or pulmonary comorbidities. Peripheral arterial surgical interventions are associated with a moderate to high perioperative cardiac risk. Simple clinical scoring ...
Background: Beyond pharmacological, endovascular and surgical treatment strategies for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), therapeutic angiogenesis has been advocated to relieve symptoms and support limb salvage, in particular in patients with critical ...
Background: The Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ) is a short, easy to complete, disease-specific questionnaire to assess intermittent claudication. A Spanish version of the WIQ for Hispanic Americans has recently been validated in Texas, but it needs ...
Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is frequently present in patients with acute ischemic stroke. However, there are limited data regarding the association between ankle brachial index (ABI) ≤ 0.90 (which is diagnostic of PAD) or > 1.40 (...
Background: Autoantibodies (Abs) against angiotensin-II type 1 (AT1R) and endothelin-1 type A receptors (ETAR) are investigated in the present study as B-cell originated humoral factors that may activate the respective receptors on endothelial cells. The ...
Background: The measurement of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) is a straightforward method for the detection of atherosclerosis in the lower limbs. Pneumoplethysmographic pulse-volume recordings (PVR) investigations are supposed to be less valid. Thus we ...
Background: Aim of the study was to validate a newly developed disease-specific quality of life questionnaire (Wuerzburg Wound Score, WWS) in patients with chronic arterial or venous leg ulcers. Patients and methods: In this prospective study 115 patients ...
The generally accepted first-line treatment in patients with intermittent claudication is risk factor modification, medical treatment and exercise training. In an era of reduced resources, the benefit of any further invasive intervention must be weighted ...
Abstract. Increased arterial stiffness results from reduced elasticity of the arterial wall and is an independent predictor for cardiovascular risk. The gold standard for assessment of arterial stiffness is the carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity. Other ...
Abstract. Background: The objective of this prospective multicentre cohort study was to characterise the use of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and intermittent claudication (IC) symptoms in ...
Abstract. Background: Ankle brachial index (ABI) is a first line non-invasive screening tool for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in at risk populations. The need to extend ABI use in large population screening has urged its use by professionals other ...