[Management of patients with intermittent claudication]

Rev Prat. 2005 Jun 15;55(11):1190-2, 1195-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Management of patients with intermittent claudication must be first the treatment of the atherosclerosis process: cessation of smoking, antiplatelet therapy, betablockers, angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor and cholesterol lowering in order to have a LDL cholesterol < 1 g/L. Treatment of intermittent claudication depends of the arterial lesions. If an endovascular procedure is feasible and safe, iliac stenosis or short iliac occlusion, it permits a spectacular improvement. Most often only medical treatment with physical training is advisable. Surgical revascularisation is rarely justified in patients with intermittent claudication.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Angioplasty
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Anticholesteremic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Intermittent Claudication / drug therapy
  • Intermittent Claudication / surgery
  • Intermittent Claudication / therapy*
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Radiology, Interventional

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Anticholesteremic Agents
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors