Conservative treatment for patients with intermittent claudication

• Published in: International angiology Vol. 29; no. 2 Suppl; pp. 55 - 60
• Main Authors: Sugimoto, I, Ohta, T, Ishibashi, H, Iwata, H, Yamada, T, Tadakoshi, M, Hida, N, Orimoto, Y
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy Edizioni Minerva Medica 01.04.2010
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Ankle Brachial Index; Arteriosclerosis Obliterans - complications; Arteriosclerosis Obliterans - drug therapy; Arteriosclerosis Obliterans - physiopathology; Arteriosclerosis Obliterans - therapy; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Cardiovascular Agents - therapeutic use; Combined Modality Therapy; Exercise Test; Exercise Therapy; Exercise Tolerance - drug effects; Female; Humans; Intermittent Claudication - drug therapy; Intermittent Claudication - etiology; Intermittent Claudication - physiopathology; Intermittent Claudication - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome

The effect of pharmacotherapy or supervised exercise training on patients with intermittent claudication was assessed. One hundred patients with stable intermittent claudication due to arteriosclerosis obliterans were analyzed. We divided the patients into 2 groups: patients treated by pharmacothera...