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Debilitating Claudication in an Ultramarathon Runner: A Case of Iliac Artery Endofibrosis
External iliac artery endofibrosis is characterized by intimal fibrosis and often presents as a gradual decrease of exercise capacity due to exertional claudication-like symptoms, traditionally of the lower extremities.1 The data on the prevalence of...
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Objectives: Approximately one in five professional cycling athletes will eventually develop a sport-related vascular problem. However, detecting such flow limitation is a diagnostic challenge as the sensitivity of the currently available standard...
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Exercise-induced arterial endofibrosis is an uncommon entity that is most frequently identified in high-performance athletes, especially cyclists. We present this disease in a male professional cyclist of 22 years of age. The course of his condition,...
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Long Distance Triathlete With Iliac Endoļ¬brosis
A 48 year old long distance triathlete complained of exercise induced thigh pain on the left side for several years. Physical examination in the presence of strongly palpable foot pulses was uneventful at rest, but there was a drop in ankle brachial...