Percutaneous Transluminal Laser Angioplasty for Intermittent Claudication

Randomised controlled trial of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for intermittent claudication.

OBJECTIVES To determine differences between PTA and conventional medical treatment in treadmill distance until onset of claudication, treadmill maximum walking distance, patient reported maximum walking distance, ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI), quality of life (Nottingham Health Profile, NHP) and Duplex measured extent of occlusive disease. DESIGN Randomised controlled clinical trial. ...

Conventional angioplasty versus percutaneous transluminal laser angioplasty.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a nonoperative mechanical dilatation of atherosclerotic coronary artery stenosis by a balloon-tipped dilating catheter system. This method can effectively reduce highly stenotic coronary lesions and provide early recovery of ischemic but viable myocardium. The technique of transluminal angioplasty was originally devised by Dotter and Judk...

Twelve-Months Follow-up of Supervised Exercise after Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for Intermittent Claudication: A Randomised Clinical Trial

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to explore the effects during 12 months follow-up of 12 weeks of supervised exercise therapy (SET) after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) compared to PTA alone on physical function, limb hemodynamics and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with intermittent claudication. Fifty patients were randomised to an intervention or a control...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.