Interventionalists’ Guide to the Patient's Experience of Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusive Disease

• Published in: Journal of vascular and interventional radiology Vol. 6; no. 6; pp. 30S - 35S
• Main Authors: McDaniel, Martha D., Macdonald, Patricia D., Mangione, Thomas W., Myers, Laura B., Mott, Joan C., Jette, Alan M., Malenka, David J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.1995
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living - classification; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - diagnosis; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - therapy; Arteries, extremities; Arteries, stenosis or obstruction; Forecasting; Humans; Intermittent Claudication - diagnosis; Intermittent Claudication - therapy; Ischemia - diagnosis; Ischemia - therapy; Leg - blood supply; Patient Care Team; Treatment Outcome; Arteries, stenosis or obstruction; Arteries, extremities

This article is intended as a guide for all who propose to intervene in patients with symptomatic lower extremity arterial occlusive disease. It reviews the natural history of and therapies for intermittent claudication. The results of a survey of claudicants are summarized; this survey gathered dat...