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2647761

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Much has been published on the surgical treatment of leg ischaemia but relatively little is known about the incidence of claudication and the fate of the majority of patients presenting with chronic leg ischaemia who never come to surgery. A review of the available literature suggests the following conclusions: (1) about 1.5% of men under 49 and 5% of men over 50 will develop symptoms of intermittent claudication. The incidence of asymptomatic arterial disease is much higher; (2) the incidence of claudication in women is only slightly less, but the local disease follows a more benign course; (3) compared to the general population of comparable age the mortality of men presenting with chronic leg ischaemia is two to three times higher after 5 years; (4) about 50% of deaths will be due to myocardial ischaemia, 15% to stroke and 10% to vascular disease in the abdomen. In only 25% will the principal cause of death be unconnected with the circulation; (5) there is virtually no reliable information available at the moment on the incidence of non-fatal myocardial infarction or stroke in these patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-9509
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
50-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Fate of the patient with chronic leg ischaemia. A review article.
pubmed:affiliation
St. Georges' Hospitals, London, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review