title: External iliac artery fibrosis in endurance athletes successfully treated with bypass grafting.
abstract: Endofibrosis of the external iliac artery is a rare cause of performance-limiting claudication in elite athletes. We describe a 47-year-old male competitive cyclist and a 52-year-old female former international triathlete, with unilateral and bilateral external artery occlusions, respectively, who presented with disabling claudication and an inability to cycle or run. Due to a long-segment occlusion, both were treated with Dacron bypass grafting. Both were able to return to competitive racing postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harbor‒UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA.
authors.forename: Ann E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Falor
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zobel
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Virgilio
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001642:Bicycling; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010807:Physical Endurance; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012086:Reoperation; D012420:Running; D013550:Swimming; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates