Endofibrosis of the iliac arteries: An underestimated problem

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 635-640

  Feugier, P ^a   Chevalier, J M ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Athlete; Endofibrosis; External iliac artery; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE;

ANATOMY; ANGIOSCOPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CYCLING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; ILIAC ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERFORMANCE; PSOAS MUSCLE; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SPORT; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; THIGH; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR FIBROSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 12244249888     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2004.11679635     Document Type: Review

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