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ea0016p241 | Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases | ECE2008

Iliofemoral arterial occlusion in type 2 diabetics shortens life duration to the greatest extent: 10 years follow up study

Tesic Dragan , Avramov Svetolik , Pantelinac Pavle

Background and aim: We have sought to determine factors associated with age at death in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) investigated for peripheral arterial disease (PAOD).Materials and methods: There were n=167 T2DM, 140 with PAOD(G1-4) and n=27 Controls; patients were monitored from Jan-1997 till Dec-2006. CW-Doppler examination and segmental pressures showed: 35pts with crural PAOD (G1), 28 popliteocrural (G2), 36 femoropopliteal (G...