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Title: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: follow-up with treadmill exercise testing.
Austin Authors: Tong, Y ;Somjen, G;Teeuwsen, W;Royle, J P
Affiliation: Vascular Surgery Unit, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Issue Date: 1-Aug-1994
Publication information: Cardiovascular Surgery (london, England); 2(4): 503-7
Abstract: Between 1986 and 1992, 308 percutaneous transluminal angioplasties in 252 patients were reviewed in the vascular laboratory of the Austin Hospital. The follow-up period ranged from 1 month to 6 years. Treadmill exercise testing was used as an additional mode of assessment to resting ankle/brachial pressure indices in monitoring outcome. Early haemodynamic improvement rate was 86.7%. In 267 successful cases, 199 had increased the mean(s.d.) resting ankle/brachial pressure index from 0.68(0.15) to 0.96(0.14) (P < 0.05) and another 68 with normal or unchanged resting ankle/brachial pressure indices after the procedure increased the mean(s.d.) post-exercise pressure index from 0.45(0.24) to 0.82(0.23) (P < 0.05). The primary haemodynamic improvement rate of initially successful percutaneous transluminal angioplasties was 80.1% at 1 year and was maintained in 46.1% of cases 5 years after. Treadmill exercise testing revealed reduction of the ankle/brachial pressure index in 69 patients during follow-up, indicating restenosis of the dilated lesion or development of a new arterial stenosis. Fifty-two of the 69 patients exhibited a significant drop in the resting pressure index. However, in the 17 remaining patients, only the post-exercise index decrease indicated haemodynamic deterioration. Treadmill exercise testing proved to be valuable adjunct in detecting haemodynamic changes after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
Gov't Doc #: 7953458
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/13182
Journal: Cardiovascular surgery (London, England)
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7953458
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty, Balloon
Exercise Test
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hemodynamics
Humans
Leg.blood supply
Male
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Physiologic
Treatment Outcome
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