Risk factors affecting the natural history of intermittent claudication

MS Rosenbloom, DP Flanigan, JJ Schuler… - Archives of …, 1988 - jamanetwork.com
• To determine the prognostic significance of the level of arterial disease in claudicators, risk
factors affecting the progression of intermittent claudication, including hemodynamic
variables obtained from noninvasive vascular laboratory examinations, were assessed. We
identified 378 patients with intermittent claudication by characteristic history and the
presence of abnormal treadmill exercise examination results. Results of serial examinations
were available for 195 of these patients, who had 310 claudicating limbs. Life-table analysis …