Publication: Improvement of quality of life in diabetic patients treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
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2018
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Bernal Páez, Fernando Luis
Alcaraz Baños, Miguel
Felices Abad, Jose Manuel
Bernal Belmonte, Ana
Gijon-Nogueron, Gabriel
Pardo Rios, Manuel
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Abstract
To assess the quality of life (QoL) of treated patients in order to evaluate the success of peripheral transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and correlate physical parameters with clinical progress at 6 months post-PTA.According to TASC II classifications, 69 patients were selected for PTA. Clinical evaluation and diagnostic tests were performed before, after and after 6 months following PTA. The SF-36 QoL questionnaire was added as an additional parameter.Fifty one patients were included in the study. The ankle-brachial index (ABI) increased from 0.49 ± 0.11 before PTA, to 0.81 ± 0.14 after PTA (P
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty
Diabetic Angiopathies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Intermittent Claudication
Male
Middle Aged
Quality of Life
Treatment Outcome
Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty
Diabetic Angiopathies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Intermittent Claudication
Male
Middle Aged
Quality of Life
Treatment Outcome