Vnitr Lek 2010, 56(7):724-726

The principles of care for patients with intermittent claudication

K. Roztočil
Klinika transplantační a cévní chirurgie IKEM Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. Miloš Adamec, CSc.

Patients with claudication have a high cardiovascular risk and, foremost, require an introduction of the appropriate procedures to stop the progression of the disease and to prevent cardiovascular events as if these were patients with a coronary or cerebrovascular disease. To manage the claudication-associated complaints, surgery and endovascular revascularization procedures, exercise therapy and vasoactive agents with proven clinical efficacy are used.

Keywords: atherosclerosis; intermittent claudication; endovascular revascularization; vasoactive treatment

Received: May 24, 2010; Published: July 1, 2010  Show citation

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