Non-traumatic lower limb vascular complications in endurance athletes. Review of literature

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Ehsan, O ^a   Darwish, A ^a   Edmundson, C ^b   Mills, V ^a   Al Khaffaf, H ^a  

^a BURNLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissection of external iliac artery; Endofibrosis; Endurance athletes; Kinking of iliac arteries; Popliteal entrapment syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ATHLETE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDURANCE; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LEG INJURY; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; STENT; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR FIBROSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 3242720667     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.02.002     Document Type: Review

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