title: [Role of antiaggregants in the treatment of arterial diseases of the lower limbs].
abstract: Intermittent claudication has changed from being only a disabling symptom to being an indication for secondary prevention of coronary and cerebrovascular events. Epidemiological studies have shown claudication to be a risk factor of cardiac and cerebral morbidity and mortality and clinical trials have sought to show that some antiaggregant agents could reduce the risk and improve the prognosis. These objectives have practically been attained, in particular with ticlopidine. The reduction of cardiovascular and cerebral risk observed in the meta-analysis of clinical trials with aspirin has had a uniting role for the use of antiaggregant drugs in all spheres of atherosclerotic pathology.
authors.affiliation: Département méthodologie et essais thérapeutiques, hôpital neuro-cardiologique, Lyon.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boissel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013988:Ticlopidine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D007650:Ketanserin; D013988:Ticlopidine
vernacular_title: Place des antiagrégants dans le traitement des artériopathies des membres inférieurs.