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The impact of endovascular lower-limb revascularisation on the aortic augmentation index in patients with peripheral arterial disease

Jacomella, V; Shenoy, A; Mosimann, K; Kohler, M K; Amann-Vesti, B; Husmann, M (2013). The impact of endovascular lower-limb revascularisation on the aortic augmentation index in patients with peripheral arterial disease. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 45(5):497-501.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The aortic augmentation index (AIx), a marker of arterial stiffness, and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are associated with an increased cardiovascular risk. In claudicants, the effect of balloon angioplasty (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, PTA) on AIx has not been determined so far.
METHODS: Measurements of the ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI) and AIx were performed before and 3 months after PTA and compared to age- and sex-matched PAD patients under best medical treatment.
RESULTS: The data of 61 patients (44% female, mean age 68 years) who underwent lower-limb PTA was compared to 48 conservatively treated patients (38% female, mean age 68 years). ABI significantly improved after PTA from 0.73 ± 0.02 to 0.85 ± 0.03 (p = 0.001), but remained unchanged in the control group (0.85 ± 0.23 and 0.80 ± 0.21; p = 0.16). Revascularisation was associated with a significant reduction of AIx from 31.5 ± 1.1% to 28.8 ± 1.1% after 3 months (p = 0.01). In the conservatively treated group, AIx did not change during follow-up (29.9 ± 1.1% to 29.9 ± 1.1%; p = 0.83).
CONCLUSION: Lower-limb revascularisation in PAD Rutherford stage II-III is associated with an improvement of markers for arterial stiffness.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Angiology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP)
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Pneumology
Dewey Decimal Classification:570 Life sciences; biology
610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Surgery
Health Sciences > Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Language:English
Date:2013
Deposited On:16 Dec 2013 08:38
Last Modified:10 Jul 2025 01:37
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1078-5884
OA Status:Hybrid
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.01.026
PubMed ID:23453515
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