title: [The use of Alprostan for patients with intermittent claudication].
abstract: Total 50 patients with lower limb intermittent claudication (Fontain-Pokrovsky limb stage of chronic ischemia) due to femoropopliteal or ileofemoral atherosclerotic occlusion were treated with Alprostan (Prostaglandin El) in A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery, Moscow, from November 2003 to March 2005. The paper presents the analysis of drug's therapeutic effectiveness dependent on the level and severity of arterial lesion.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Pokrovskiĭ
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Dan
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Chupin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kalinin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000527:Alprostadil