Imaging evaluation of flow limitations in the iliac arteries in endurance athletes: diagnosis and treatment follow-up.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to review the role of imaging in the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients with sport-related flow limitations in the iliac arteries.


CONCLUSIONS
Endurance athletes can develop flow restriction during exercise because of endofibrosis or kinking of the iliac arteries. Knowledge of this entity and the use of appropriate imaging techniques are crucial for diagnosis. Imaging plays an important role in the assessment of the underlying lesion and its location as well as in posttreatment follow-up.
Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Lucia
L
Flors
Carlos
C
Leiva-Salinas
Ugur
U
Bozlar
Patrick T
PT
Norton
Kenneth J
KJ
Cherry
Ahmed M
AM
Housseini
Naren
N
Gupta
Klaus D
KD
Hagspiel
D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D056352:Athletes; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010807:Physical Endurance; D012307:Risk Factors