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Aortoiliac occlusive disease is a common manifestation of atherosclerosis. Signs and symptoms include intermittent claudication, diminished femoral pulses, and impotence in males. During the assessment process, the coronary, renal, cerebrovascular, and distal extremity vessels must also be evaluated. Treatment options include conservative measures including angioplasty, as well as surgical intervention including aortic reconstruction or extra-anatomic bypass surgery.
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PMID:Atherosclerotic occlusive disease of the aorta. 128 28

Aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) is a common manifestation of atherosclerosis that may lead to limb-threatening ischemia. Over the past two decades, considerable advances in the management of patients with AIOD have taken place. Conventional surgical reconstructive procedures, namely aortofemoral and extra-anatomic bypasses, tend to be replaced by newer emerging percutaneous techniques, such as angioplasty and stenting, initially employed to reduce morbidity, complications and cost of treatment. However, irrational application of these percutaneous techniques is not suggested, since these surgical procedures are not devoid of limitations. A careful evaluation of the various restraining parameters should precede the choice of surgical approach, to ensure the selection of the most suitable technique in each individual patient, on the grounds of clinical presentation of the disease and efficiency of the surgical procedure.
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PMID:The limits of percutaneous intervention in aortoiliac occlusive disease. 1557 Oct 20

The peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) of the lower extremities caused by atherosclerosis is usually associated with the one in the coronary and cerebral arteries. Life expectancy of patients having PAOD is shorter for about 10 years and most of these patients die from a heart disease or insult. Arterial occlusive Such a multi-segment disease is also associated with the poorer general cardiovascular health condition and higher morbidity and mortality than in the case of a localized one-segment disease. Numerous studies have shown that the etiology of a disease in the changes in the legs usually develop at several levels within the arteries, but it is possible to localize them only in one limited region in the vessel. When stenosis is found on several places, the blood flow in the lower extremities is often very compromised, and ischaemia of the legs may become an important clinical problem. lower extremities may vary depending on the anatomic site of me lesion. Aorto-iliac disease seems to develop in younger patients who smoke, whereas a more distal lesion in the infrapopliteal arteries is primarily found in diabetic patients.
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PMID:[Anatomic distribution of peripheral atherosclerosis and its correlation with lipid disorders]. 1970 21