Clinical and epidemiological study of occlusive peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs

Current Health Sciences Journal

D. MANESCUreplacement¹ 

关键词: peripheral arterial disease;    cardiovascular comorbidities;    smoking;    diabetes;    pain;    trophic ulcers;    amputation;   

DOI  :  10.12865/CHSJ.38.01.06

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova / University of Medicine and Pharmacy

【 摘 要 】

Aim study of risk factors for the disease, its clinical manifestations, and laboratory diagnostic elements (vascular functional explorations). Material and method 50 consecutive patients operated in the Department of Surgery no. 1 of the Emergency County Clinical Hospital of Craiova who underwent retroperitoneoscopic lumbar sympathectomy (RLS) are analysed, the study group being a part of a total of 680 patients with occlusive peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs (PAD), hospitalized and treated in our clinic between 2007 and 2011. Results sex ratio = 1/7.9 in the group which includes all arterial diseases hospitalized (586 males and 74 females), sex ratio = 1/15.6 in patients who underwent sympathectomy (47 males and 3 females). The comorbidity evaluation highlighted the presence of high blood pressure (HBP)  in 50% of patients who underwent sympathectomy, which is within the range of data obtained on the entire group (52.5%). Chronic ischemic heart disease (20% in patien.

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