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Jyrki Virkkunen

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Impact of endovascular treatment on clinical status and health-related quality of life.

2008

Background and Aims: Investigating the impact of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) on clinical status and health related quality of life in patients with claudication and critical limb ischaemia (CLI). Material and Methods: 61 patients and 64 limbs underwent a primary PTA (30 claudication and 34 CLI cases). Clinical status was graded according to Ahn and Rutherford and ankle/brachial index (ABI). Quality of life was assessed using the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) preoperatively, one month and one year after the procedure. Triplex scan evaluation of the treated arterial segment was carried out postoperatively and one year after the procedure. Results: Claudication: 24/27 patient…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentRevascularizationStatistics NonparametricRestenosisIschemiamedicineHumansProspective StudiesAgedLegbusiness.industryCritical limb ischemiaIntermittent Claudicationmedicine.diseaseIntermittent claudicationSurgeryNottingham Health ProfileTreatment OutcomeBypass surgeryAmputationQuality of LifeSurgeryFemalemedicine.symptombusinessClaudicationAngioplasty BalloonScandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society
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