title: Effects of defibrotide on peripheral obliterative vascular diseases.
abstract: Twenty-nine patients with atherosclerotic obliterative vascular disorder and 9 cases of Buerger's disease were treated with 600 mg defibrotide daily for 10 days and then three times weekly for 3 months. The response to therapy was evaluated from hemostatic parameters, venostasis test (cuff test), treadmill testing, and radionuclide arteriography. We observed increased pain-free intervals in daily life and during treadmill testing. There was also a significantly higher response in the cuff test and improved perfusion as seen by radionuclide arteriography.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides; C036901:defibrotide