Aortoiliac Revascularization for Claudication: Evidence, Outcomes, and Patient Selection
摘要
Intermittent claudication due to aortoiliac occlusive disease generally manifests as buttock and/or thigh symptoms with walking; patients with this disease pattern almost universally have a history of tobacco use. Revascularization options are dictated by the extent of disease and the patient’s physiologic fitness for surgery. A range of revascularization options is described, beginning with open aortic reconstruction, extra-anatomic options, hybrid techniques, and, finally, endovascular approaches.