title: Metabolic factors influencing indications and results of reconstructive surgery in peripheral atherosclerosis.
abstract: The incidence of risk factors at the time of operation and in the late postoperative course was evaluated in a series of patients operated upon for reconstruction of the aorto-iliac and femoro-popliteal tracts. The data reported seem to indicate a direct correlation between the long term patency rates of the arterial reconstructions and the incidence of the risk factors.
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004691:Endarterectomy; D006801:Humans; D006951:Hyperlipoproteinemias / Q000145:classification / Q000601:surgery*; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk