arteriosclerosis obliterans
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans who have intermittent claudication with the indication of intravascular intervention.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients were excluded if they were: on chronic hemodialysis. with severe coronary artery stenosis. Breast-feeding women or with a chance of pregnancy. with side effects of antiplatelets. with severe liver and/or renal dysfunction. with malignant disease in the past five years. with reflactory ulcer. not able to walk because of orthopedic disease or others. with diabetic proliferative retinopathy. not recommended for exercise therapy according to based on the Japanese guideline of cardiac rehabilitation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1, Evaluation of intermittent claudication (treadmill exercise test, six-minutes walk distance) 2, subjective symptoms (SF36, WIQ score) 3, Ankle brachial index 4, Intima media thickness of the carotid artery 5, flow mediated vasodilatation 6, Labo data (coronary risk factors, oxidative stress, and other biomarkers) 7, Whether unfortunate events occured; all death, acute myocardiac infarction, coronary intervention, peripheral intervention, cerebrovascular disease, bleeding complications and other adverse events. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Shinshu University Hospital Department of cardiology