Scientific research

Vascular disorders in athletes

01 December 2010 Athletes rarely present with symptoms or clinical findings suggestive of vascular disease. However, vascular etiologies should be considered when an athlete complains of persistent symptoms which are refractory to conservative therapies commonly used...

Unusual causes of intermittent claudication: Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome, cystic adventitial disease, fibromuscular dysplasia, and endofibrosis

08 March 2009 In the general population, vascular causes of exercise-induced limb discomfort are most often the result of peripheral artery disease (PAD) due to atherosclerosis. However, several other clinical entities can often mimic the symptoms of atherosclerotic...

External iliac artery endofibrosis in an amateur runner: hemodynamic, angiographic, histopathological evaluation and percutaneous revascularization

01 August 2007 We describe a case of external iliac artery endofibrosis in an amateur competitive runner. The diagnosis was made by a combination of hemodynamic, angiographic and histopathological assessment and percutaneous revascularization was performed using a...