Aorto-iliac peripheral artery disease

Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2021 Mar-Apr:65:9-14. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2021.02.010. Epub 2021 Feb 22.

Abstract

Aorto-iliac disease is a common manifestation of atherosclerosis. Individuals with this condition are at heightened cardiovascular risk, and may have limb symptoms ranging from claudication to limb-threatening ischemia. A regimen of medical therapy, risk factor modification, and exercise is first line therapy. Revascularization is reserved for individuals with lifestyle-limiting claudication despite conservative therapy and in those with chronic limb-threatening ischemia. Multiple endovascular therapies are now available that enable even the most complex aorto-iliac lesions to be approached and treated with safe and durable results.

Keywords: Angioplasty; Iliac artery; Peripheral artery disease (PAD); Peripheral vascular intervention; Stent.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Diseases / physiopathology
  • Aortic Diseases / therapy*
  • Diet, Healthy
  • Endovascular Procedures* / adverse effects
  • Endovascular Procedures* / instrumentation
  • Exercise
  • Humans
  • Iliac Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Iliac Artery* / physiopathology
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease / physiopathology
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease / therapy*
  • Risk Reduction Behavior
  • Stents
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Patency
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures* / adverse effects