Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in Peripheral Arterial Disease

Launched by LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · Jan 13, 2016

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ClinConnect Summary

Patients scheduled to undergo surgery or angioplasty of the iliofemoral segment for intermittent claudication will be screened for inclusion. Consenting patients will undergo ABI measurements and CPET before treatment and four weeks after treatment. Study measures will be performed in the respiratory physiology laboratory at University Hospital Aintree. Demographic and medical details will be recorded including gender, age, smoking history and pack years, medical history and treatment and BMI. A record will be made of patuients' latest full blood count which will be routinely available in a...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Written informed consent, ability to perform a CPET on a cycle ergometer, intermittent claudication as presenting complaint, age ≥18, iliofemoral arterial disease
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Critical limb ischaemia, unwillingness to consent, previous amputation or other inability to perform CPET on a cycle ergometer, age \<18, absence of iliofemoral arterial disease, any standard CPET exclusion based on American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Guidelines, including severe arthritis or lower limb abnormality precluding exercise testing, severe hypertension at rest, unstable angina or acute coronary syndrome within the previous 6 weeks, terminal illness/advanced cancer or major psychiatric illness, including dementia, which precludes consent