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Background: Flow limitations in the iliac arteries (FLIA) is a sport-related vascular condition increasingly recognised as an occupational risk for professional cyclists and other endurance athletes. Surgical reconstruction is the definitive treatment...
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Don’t Just Blame it on the Veins: An Update on Vascular Exertional Limb Pain
Exertional limb pain is a common problem encountered in recreational and competitive athletes. Affecting both the upper and lower extremities, this broad entity can be musculoskeletal, vascular, neurologic, oncologic, or infectious in origin. This...
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BACKGROUND: This study is to assess the applicability and performance of the near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in the diagnosis of exercise-induced arterial endofibrosis (EIAE). METHODS: NIRS was measured on each thigh, in 12 highly trained...
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MRI to investigate iliac artery wall thickness in triathletes
Objectives: Endofibrosis was first described in endurance athletes. This rare disease is characterized by intimal hyperplasia of iliac arteries. Due to non-specific symptoms diagnosing could be very challenging and delayed. This represents a serious...
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Management of Endurance Athletes with Flow Limitation in the Iliac Arteries: A Case Series
Introduction: Vascular surgeons increasingly encounter flow limitation of iliac arteries (FLIA) in endurance athletes. An experience of managing this condition is reported. Report: This is a retrospective cohort analysis of prospectively collected data...
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Management of a complicated triathlete’s bilateral iliac artery endofibrosis
Introduction: Iliac artery endofibrosis (IAE) is an uncommon disease, poorly studied pathology with devastating effects and different therapeutic approaches affecting young people who practise intensive sports, especially cyclists. The evolution of the...
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The Investigation and Management of Iliac Artery Endofibrosis: Lessons Learned from a Case Series
Objective/background: The objective was to summarise the lessons learned, and evolution in local practice over the last 7 years, in the investigation and surgical management of iliac artery endofibrosis. Methods: This was a retrospective case series. A...
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A Rare Case of Intermittent Claudication Associated with Impaired Arterial Vasodilation
Exercise-related intermittent claudication is marked by reduced blood flow to extremities caused by either stenosis or impaired vascular function. Although intermittent claudication is common in the elderly, it rarely occurs in the young and...
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External Iliac Artery Vasospasm in an Elite Female Runner
A 33-year-old elite female runner presented to a tertiary care sports medicine clinic with a 2-year history of progressive anterior thigh and circumferential leg pain with associated foot paresthesias brought on by high-intensity running. She had both...