Effect of Endovascular Treatment on Quality of Life in Patients with Recurrent Symptoms Associated with Vertebral, Subclavian, or Innominate Arterial Stenosis.

Adnan I Qureshi, Muhammad A Saleem, Nishath Naseem, Shawn S Wallery

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Article in Journal of vascular and interventional neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Adnan I QureshiZeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute, St. Cloud, MN, USA.

Muhammad A SaleemZeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute, St. Cloud, MN, USA.

Nishath NaseemZeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute, St. Cloud, MN, USA.

Shawn S WalleryUniversity of Illinois and Mercyhealth, Rockford, IL, USA.

CentraCare Health System · USMercy Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with vertebral, subclavian, or innominate arterial stenosis can present with recurrent symptoms that can adversely affect the quality of life (QOL). We aimed at determining the short-term effects of endovascular treatment (ET) on QOL in these patients.

methodsEuropean Quality of Life Five Dimension Scale (EQ-5D) utility index and visual analog scale (VAS) were ascertained before and within one month of ET in patients with vertebral, subclavian, or innominate arterial stenosis with recurrent episodes of vertigo, near syncope, and/or ataxia. The EQ-5D utility scores were derived from responses to five questions on EQ-5D questionnaire (-0.109 for the least to 1 for most favorable). The EQ-5D VAS score was obtained by subject's indication of his/her health state on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

resultsAngioplasty and/or stent placement was performed in 10 patients for stenosis in extracranial vertebral (

conclusionsImprovement in QOL appears to be an important measure of effectiveness of ET in patients with vertebral, subclavian, or innominate arterial stenosis with recurrent episodes of vertigo, near syncope, and/or ataxia.

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innominate artery stenosisquality of lifesubclavian artery stenosisVertebral artery stenosisvertigo

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