Randomized clinical trial of percutaneous transluminalangioplasty, supervised exercise and combined treatment forintermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal arterial disease

• Main Authors: Mazari, F. A. K., Khan, J. A., Carradice, D., Samuel, N., Abdul Rahman, Mohd Norhisham Azmi, Gulati, S., Lee, H. L. D., McCollum, P. T., Chetter, I. C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Online Library 2012
• Subjects: RD Surgery
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/58418/1/Mazari_et_al-2012-British_Journal_of_Surgery.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58418/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bjs.7710/abstract

Background:The aim was to compare percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), a supervisedexercise programme (SEP) and combined treatment (PTA plus SEP) for intermittent claudication dueto femoropopliteal arterial disease.Methods: Consenting patients with femoropopliteal arterial lesions were rando...