Comparison Between Duplex Scanning and Angiographic Findings in the Evaluation of Functional Iliac Obstruction in Top Endurance Athletes

01 november 2004 Objective: Review of a 10 year-experience, to evaluate the efficacy of pre-operative investigations in the detection of external iliac artery (EIA) endofibrosis in top endurance athletes. Design: Retrospective study. Materials: From September 1995 to...

Endofibrosis of the iliac arteries: an underestimated problem

01 november 2004 Arterial endofibrosis is a recently discovered artery disease that is specific to endurance athletes. Cycling is the sport that has shown the greatest number of cases. The endofibrosis is located most frequently in the external iliac artery, but other...

Non-traumatic lower limb vascular complications in endurance athletes. Review of literature

01 juli 2004 Objectives: To review the importance, clinical features, investigations, management and prognosis of non-traumatic vascular injuries, affecting the lower limbs of endurance athletes. Design: Review of literature. Materials and methods: A literature...

Past, present and future of arterial endofibrosis in athletes: a point of view

01 januari 2004 Exercise-induced arterial endofibrosis (EIAE) is now a 20-year-old concept. Initially observed in highly trained cyclists, it has been found in many other male and female endurance athletes. Most stenoses are located on the first centimetres of the...

Sports-related flow limitations in the iliac arteries in endurance athletes: aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and future developments

01 januari 2004 Approximately one in five top-level cyclists will develop sports-related flow limitations in the iliac arteries. These flow limitations may be caused by a vascular lumen narrowing due to endofibrotic thickening of the intima and/or by kinking of the...