الفهرس 
Assessment of technical success of infrainguinal angioplasty using duplex scanning
AbstractOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
 |  | from | 144 |  |  |
| | | from | 144 | | |
Abstract
Lower limb arterial angioplasty is now considered the corner stone in management of patients suffering from lower limb ischemia.Objective: The aim in this study is to assess the technical success of the infrainguinal lower limb arterial angioplasty using duplex scanning. Methods: This study included 20 patients (55% males and 45% females) aged 51 - 73 years (mean 62.95 +/- 5.41 SD). All are diabetic, 65% hypertensive, 45% cardiac, 15% with cerebrovascular stroke and 50% smokers. All patients were symptomatizing; 6 with claudication, 2 with rest pain, 12 with ischemic non healing ulcers. All patients had pre interventional duplex All the patients underwent an infrainguinal angioplasty, eight patients had a femro-popliteal lesion, two had tibial vessel disease and ten patients had a multilevel (femro-popliteal and tibial disease). Statistical methods Data were coded and entered using the statistical package SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 23. Data was summarized using mean, standard deviation, median, minimum and maximum in quantitative data and using frequency (count) and relative frequency (percentage) for categorical data. For comparison of serial measurements within each patient (pre and post) the non-parametric Wilcoxon signed rank test was used (Chan, 2003a). For comparing categorical data, Chi square ({2) test was performed. Exact test was used instead when the expected frequency is less than 5 (Chan, 2003b). P-values less than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant