Rehabilitative Exercise Reduced the Impact of Peripheral Artery Disease on Vascular Outcomes in Elderly Patients with Claudication: A Three-Year Single Center Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT: The study retrospectively evaluated the association between rehabilitative outcomes and risk of peripheral revascularizations in elderly peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients with claudication. Eight-hundred thirty-five patients were enrolled. Ankle-brachial index (ABI) and maximal walking speed (S_max) were measured at baseline and at discharge from a structured home-based rehabilitation program. For the analysis, patients were divided according to a baseline ABI value (severe: ≤0.5; moderate: ≥0.5) and according to hemodynamic or functional rehabilitative response (responder: ABI ≥0.10 and/or S_max >0.5 km/h). Three-year outcomes were collected from the regional registry. According to the inclusion criteria (age 60⁻80, ABI <0.80; program completion) 457 patients, 1

SUBMITTER: Manfredini F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6406499 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature