Past, present and future of arterial endofibrosis in athletes: a point of view

01 januari 2004 Exercise-induced arterial endofibrosis (EIAE) is now a 20-year-old concept. Initially observed in highly trained cyclists, it has been found in many other male and female endurance athletes. Most stenoses are located on the first centimetres of the...

Explorations vasculaires non vulnérantes chez le sportif

01 januari 1998 Background. The present article is a review of clinical diagnoses that are to be investigated when a vascular origin of unexplained lower limb pain is suspected, and of the usual results of non-invasive vascular investigations. Results. While suffering...

External Iliac Artery Endofibrosis in Athletes

01 oktober 1997 Atherosclerosis and inflammatory arterial diseases are rare in young people. Since the early 1980s, an increasing incidence of iliac arterial stenosis in competition cyclists has been reported. Histological findings in these individuals are specific,...

Lower Extremity Arterial Disease in Sports

01 juli 1997 The recent description of exercise-induced intimal fibrosis affecting mainly the iliac artery (and therefore usually described as external iliac artery endofibrosis) has dramatically changed the diagnostic approach of unexplained recurrent lower limb...