Arterial endofibrosis in professional cyclists

01 december 2015 External Iliac Artery Endofibrosis (EIAE) is an uncommon disease usually affecting young, otherwise healthy, patients. It usually involves cyclists but cases have been reported in other groups of endurance athletes. The external iliac artery is the...

Endofibrosis in an Endurance Athlete

30 november 2015 A 35-year-old endurance athlete was referred for unexplained claudication-like complaints in his left lower limb. Elsewhere he was treated for functional compartment syndrome and operated for popliteal artery entrapment syndrome which proved...

Nonatherosclerotic PAD: Approach to Exertional Pain in the Lower Extremities

11 juli 2015 Atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease is the most common cause of intermittent claudication. Nonatherosclerotic peripheral artery disease is a heterogeneous collection of diseases affecting the extracoronary arteries which is not due to...

Arterielle afklemningssyndromer i underekstremiteterne

23 april 2015 Funktionsbetingede bensmerter (claudicatio intermittens) hos yngre og i øvrigt raske, veltrænede personer er usædvanligt, men kan ses ved nonaterosklerotiske tilstande som funktionel arteria iliaca-obstruktion og arteria poplitea-afklemningssyndrom....

Basic data underlying decision making in nonatherosclerotic causes of intermittent claudication

01 januari 2015 Although most cases of vasculogenic intermittent claudication are caused by atherosclerosis, there is an important minority of cases that are due to nonatherosclerotic causes. Because of their rarity and younger population affected, often without...