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Randomized clinical trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, in patients with
intermittent claudication. Br J Surg.
* The report reviews key players involved in the therapeutics development for
Intermittent Claudication and enlists all their major and minor projects
Effect of cilostazol in patients with
intermittent claudication: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled study.
[8] evaluated the improvement in gait after surgical treatment of patients with neurogenic
intermittent claudication. Papadakis et al.
History of
intermittent claudication and history of pain during walking, standing, walking uphill (Edinburgh questionnaire) was taken.
Many people with PAD have mild or no symptoms, and only about 10 percent of people with PAD have typical
intermittent claudication. Nevertheless, PAD is very common and affects about 8 million Americans.
Intermittent claudication is defined as fatigue, discomfort, or pain that occurs in specific lower limb muscle groups during effort as the result of exercise-induced ischemia that is usually relieved by rest (1).
The frequency of low ABI is 32% and symptoms of
intermittent claudication is 3.3%.
The review included RCTs of population groups with history of coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction; patients with
intermittent claudication or hypercholesterolemia; and patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators, as well as prospective cohorts of healthy populations.
We report the case of an Olympic taekwondo athlete with an atypical bilateral
intermittent claudication that represented a handicap in her performance during competition fight.
Based on the clinical signs and results of the diagnostic workup, the presumptive diagnosis was
intermittent claudication, a condition caused by peripheral vascular disease and defined as intermittent weakness and pain in the legs induced by exercise and relieved by rest.