title: [Early and late results of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in diabetic patients].
abstract: Results of 127 iliac and femoropopliteal transluminal angioplasties in 97 diabetic patients are presented. Patients who had undergone iliac (n = 70), femoral (n = 41), and popliteal (n = 16) angioplasties for stenoses up to 15 cm long were followed up for 6-60 months. In diabetic patients presenting with only claudication or adequate runoff, the 5-year iliac patency rate was 76% and the femoral patency rate was 60%; these results were comparable with those found in non-diabetic patients. For limb salvage, 3-year patency rates were 66% for iliac, 37% for femoral, and 37% for popliteal angioplasties, and 5-year patency rates were 29% for iliac, 7% for femoral, and 0% for popliteal angioplasties. Our findings suggest that the overall decreased PTA success rates typically associated with diabetes are due to the larger percentage of these patients who present with symptoms of severe peripheral vascular disease and not to the presence of diabetes per se.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Strahlenkunde, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Strunk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clouse
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stokes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thelen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery
vernacular_title: Früh- und Spätergebnisse der perkutanen transluminalen Angioplastie (PTA) beim Diabetiker.