RT Journal Article
T1 Improvement of quality of life in diabetic patients treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
A1 Bernal Páez, Fernando Luis
A1 Alcaraz Baños, Miguel
A1 Felices Abad, Jose Manuel
A1 Bernal Belmonte, Ana
A1 Gijon-Nogueron, Gabriel
A1 Pardo Rios, Manuel
AB 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 
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13071
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13071
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 16, 2025