2022
Implementation of supervised exercise therapy in a veteran population with symptomatic claudication
Altin S, Schneider MD, Parise H, Banerjee S, Wu WC, Meadows JL, Pfau S, Keefe H, Armstrong EJ. Implementation of supervised exercise therapy in a veteran population with symptomatic claudication. Vascular Medicine 2022, 27: 136-141. PMID: 35225695, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x211073622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExercise treadmill testingExercise therapyMetabolic equivalentsIntermittent claudicationExercise capacityTreadmill testingAnkle-brachial indexIntermittent claudication symptomsMale veteran patientsSupervised exercise therapySymptomatic intermittent claudicationVascular specialty clinicsLow patient adherenceClaudication symptomsSymptomatic claudicationExercise groupVeteran patientsPatient adherenceRisk stratificationTherapy referralSpecialty clinicProvider awarenessVeteran populationClaudicationTherapy
2018
Making sense of endovascular therapies for femoropopliteal disease
Altin S, Abbott J. Making sense of endovascular therapies for femoropopliteal disease. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2018, 91: 1329-1330. PMID: 29894589, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget lesion revascularizationSubgroup of patientsRisk of restenosisLesion revascularizationEndovascular strategiesFemoropopliteal diseaseEndovascular therapyRevascularization approachEndovascular interventionLower riskSupport drugsLesion typeWarrants investigationBiomechanical forcesCommon targetRiskRevascularizationPatientsArteryRestenosisTherapyDisease