Improvement of quality of life in diabetic patients treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

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 evalua...

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Published in:Medicine (Baltimore) 2018-10, Vol.97 (41), p.e12228-e12228
Main Authors: Bernal Páez, Fernando Luis, Alcaraz Baños, Miguel, Felices Abad, Jose Manuel, Bernal Belmonte, Ana, Gijon-Nogueron, Gabriel, Pardo Rios, Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty
Diabetic Angiopathies - therapy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Intermittent Claudication - etiology
Intermittent Claudication - therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Observational Study
Quality of Life
Treatment Outcome
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Summary: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 
ISSN:0025-7974
1536-5964
DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000012228