Quality of life after balloon angioplasty versus stent implantation in the superficial femoral artery: Findings from a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-437

  Sabeti, Schila ^a   Czerwenka Wenkstetten, Alfa ^a   Dick, Petra ^a   Schlager, Oliver ^a   Amighi, Jasmin ^a   Mlekusch, Irene ^a   Mlekusch, Wolfgang ^a   Loewe, Christian ^a   Cejna, Manfred ^a   Lammer, Johannes ^a   Minar, Erich ^a   Schillinger, Martin ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Medical School ^*

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Lower limb ischemia; Peripheral artery disease; Quality of life; Restenosis; SP 36 questionnaire; Stent; Superficial femoral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTENOSIS; SHORT FORM 36; STENT; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEALTH SURVEY; INSTRUMENTATION; ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; WALKING;

ALLOY; NITINOL;

AGED; ALLOYS; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WALKING;

EID: 34848826606     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2007)14[431:QOLABA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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