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Health-Related Quality ofLife Outcomes forEndovascular andOpen Surgical Interventions inAortoiliac andFemoropopliteal Steno-Occlusive Arterial Disease
JimmyKyawTun, StefanLam, MohammedRashidAkhtar, andOunaliJaer
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Abbreviations
ABPI Ankle-brachial pressure index BMT Best medical therapy CD-TLR Clinically-driven target lesion revas-
cularisation
CERAB Covered endovascular repair of aor-
tic bifurcation CLTI Critical limb-threatening ischaemia DCB Drug-coated balloon DES Drug-eluting stent EQ EuroQoL HRQOL Health-related quality of life ICQ Intermittent claudication question-
naire MCID Minimal clinically important differ-
ence OCT Optical coherence tomography
J. K. Tun · M. R. Akhtar · O. Jaffer (*) Department of Interventional Radiology, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK e-mail: jimmy.kyawtun@nhs.net;
mohammedrashid.akhtar@nhs.net; ounali.jaffer@nhs.net
S. Lam Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK e-mail: stefan.lam@nhs.net
PAD Peripheral arterial disease PAQ Peripheral arterial questionnaire PTA Percutaneous transluminal angio-
plasty QALY Quality-adjusted life year RCT Randomised controlled trial SF Short form SFA Supercial femoral artery SET Supervised exercise therapy WIQ Walking impairment questionnaire
Introduction
There is an impending epidemic in peripheral arterial disease (PAD), largely due to an aging population and increased rates of obesity and dia­betes, with the condition currently prevalent in
5.6% of the adult population worldwide.
Sufferers of PAD often experience a decreased quality of life and reduced functional indepen­dence. The symptoms experienced depend on disease severity and range from limited walking distance in claudicants, to rest pain and tissue loss with risk of major amputation in those with critical limb-threating ischaemia (CLTI) [1]. The quality of life in those with PAD is often further degraded by concomitant related disorders including hypertension, dyslipidaemia, diabetes and nephropathy [2].
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09815-4_19
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There is an ever-increasing armamentarium available for lower limb revascularisation, par­ticularly in terms of endovascular treatment with the advent of drug-coated balloons (DCB) and drug-eluting stents (DES) to atherectomy and lithotripsy; but these innovations also come with signicantly increased costs. It is therefore nec­essary to evaluate both clinical effectiveness and health economics of these interventions. Conventionally, studies evaluating lower limb interventions have focused on physician­orientated outcome measures such as technical success (e.g. successful revascularisation of an occluded artery), patency rates, ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI), freedom from clinically­driven target lesion revascularisation (CD-TLR) and freedom from amputation [1]. However, these measures alone do not take into account the patient’s perspective. For instance, vascular clini­cians generally consider major amputation to be an adverse outcome in PAD, yet it has been shown that health-related quality of life (HRQOL) can improve following major amputations [3]. A systematic review comparing primary amputa­tions and revascularisation in CLTI found insuf­cient evidence to support one treatment over another in terms of HRQOL outcomes [4].
There is an increasing recognition for the need to evaluate HRQOL outcomes for intervention in PAD to take into account the patient’s perspective to better inform treatment decisions [5]. This is emphasised by the use of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) for health technology assessment. In order to generate QALYs, health utilities (or HRQOL weights) are needed. As such, the measure is reliant on both the quality and the quantity of the life lived in order to determine health outcomes and therefore health economics.
The focus of this study is to present a system­atic review of the current evidence of HRQOL outcomes in relation to endovascular and open surgical treatment of aortoiliac and femoropopli­teal steno-occlusive disease. A review of the evi­dence for intervention in infrapopliteal disease is presented in Chap. 20.
Materials andMethods
Search Strategy
This systematic review was conducted according to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guide­lines. The initial search strategy focused on iden­tifying papers based on specic interventions (e.g. iliac angioplasty, aortoiliac bypass graft). However, on manual review of the references of several key systematic reviews, it was evident that this search strategy omitted some relevant papers. Therefore, a much broader search strat­egy was employed as follows.
A systematic search using Embase (Including Embase Classic) (1947 to February 2020), Medline (1946 to February 2020) and PsycINFO (1950 to February 2020) was conducted. The search terms used were as follows: “quality of life” AND (“peripheral arterial disease” OR “peripheral vascular disease” OR “intermittent claudication” OR “critical limb ischaemia” OR “critical limb ischemia”).
Inclusion andExclusion Criteria
Studies published in the English language report­ing HRQOL outcomes in adults undergoing inva­sive intervention—i.e. both open and endovascular surgery—for steno-occlusive dis­ease in the aortoiliac and femoropopliteal seg­ments were sought. Although the primary focus of this review was to evaluate the outcomes of invasive interventions, studies comparing non­invasive treatments such as supervised exercise therapy (SET) and best medical treatment (BMT) to invasive interventions were also included.
Studies were only included if they presented results specic to an anatomical segment. Papers which included patients treated across a range of anatomical segments were excluded if outcome data specic to an anatomical segment (aortoiliac or femoropopliteal) was not available. If the study included distal (below knee) intervention and/or distal bypass surgery, then these were also
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excluded. Studies were excluded if they had less than 6months follow-up data.
Study Selection andData Extraction
The broad search criteria yielded an initial exten­sive list of abstracts. Therefore, one researcher (JKT) performed an initial screening of abstracts to remove articles that were clearly irrelevant. A second stage review of the full texts of the remaining articles was then performed by JKT and MRA and where there was uncertainty or dif­ference in opinion, adjudication was performed by a third reviewer (OJ).
Data obtained included: author, year of publi­cation, study objective, study type, number of patients, study centre location, HRQOL out­comes, follow-up period and completion rates.
The methodological quality of the studies was assessed by SL and MRA using a 10-point scor­ing system described by Mols etal. [6] Studies scoring 8 were considered to be of ‘high qual­ity’, those scoring between 5 and 7 were deemed to be of a ‘moderate quality’ and <5 were catego­rized as ‘poor quality’ (Appendix).
Results
The literature search initially identied 3284 abstracts (reduced from 4893 following dedupli­cation and limiting to English language studies in adult humans). In total, 89 papers remained after the initial screening process. Two additional studies were added following the review of refer­ence lists of published related systematic reviews. Following the second stage review, 38 papers were included in this study (Fig.19.1).
Study Objectives, Design andPopulation
Of the 38 papers selected for review, there were four pairs of papers which reported the longer and shorter term follow-up outcomes of the same
studies, and thus were merged for analysis (34 studies in total) [714].
The study period ranged from 1993 to 2017, with the majority of included papers published after 2000 (33 out of 34). The clinical study design of the 34 studies included 15 randomised controlled trials (RCTs), 17 prospective cohort studies and two retrospective cohort studies. Eight studies were related to intervention in the aortoiliac segment, 25 studies were related to intervention in the femoropopliteal segment, and one additional paper studied interventions in both the aortoiliac and femoropopliteal segments.
Health-Related Quality ofLife Outcome Measures
A total of nine different QOL instruments were used (Table19.1). Five generic QOL instruments were used including: EuroQol (EQ)-5D-3L, EQ-5D-5L, RAND-36, Short form (SF)-36, SF-12, SF-8. Four disease specic QOL instru­ments were used including: Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ), Peripheral Arterial Questionnaire (PAQ), VascuQOL and Intermittent Claudication Questionnaire (ICQ).
Many papers reported using the EuroQOL instrument but did not specify which variant was used, e.g. EQ-5D-3L versus EQ-5D-5L.
Studies Focused onAortoiliac Steno­Occlusive Disease
Nine studies were identied which focused on surgical and/or endovascular interventions for aortoiliac steno-occlusive disease. Details of out­comes are shown in Table19.2.
One prospective multicentre observational study investigating outcomes of patients who had undergone endovascular intervention (angio­plasty and/or stenting) for Rutherford 2–4 aor­toiliac disease demonstrated signicant improvements in HRQOL outcome at the 12-month follow-up compared to baseline [16].
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ScreeningIncluded Eligibility Identification
Same studies with
different follow-up times
merged for analysis
Records identified through
database searching
(n = 4893)
Records after duplicates and non-English
Full-text articles assessed
(n = 4)
studies removed
(n = 3286)
Records screened
(n = 91)
for eligibility
(n = 38)
Studies included in
systematic review
(n = 34)
Additional records identified
through reference lists
(n = 2)
Records excluded
(n = 3195)
Full-text articles excluded
(n = 53)
Reasons for exclusion:-
- No outcome data specific to segments of interest
- Inclusion of distal (below knee) intervention and/or distal bypass surgery
- Less than 6 months of follow-up data
Studies on aortoiliac
interventions
(n = 8)
Fig. 19.1 Flow diagram of literature review
Studies on femoropopliteal
interventions
(n = 25)
A further three multicentre prospective cohort studies specically investigated the use of primary stenting with bare metal stent for aor­toiliac disease [1719]. All three demonstrated an improvement in HRQOL measures at follow-up.
An RCT published in 2015 compared three treatment arms: BMT, stenting with BMT, and SET with BMT. The study demonstrated that patients who received either stenting or SET had
signicantly better HRQOL than those whom received BMT alone at both the 6- and 18-month follow-up timepoints [14]. No signicant differ­ence in HRQOL outcomes was seen between the SET and stenting group. Another RCT compar­ing percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) combined with SET and BMT to BMT combined with SET demonstrated better HRQOL outcomes in the PTA group at 24-month follow-up [22].
Studies on interventions
at both segments
(n = 1)
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Table 19.1 Description of health-related quality of life instruments utilised by included studies
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) instrument Description
Short Form Health Survey (SF-36, SF-12, SF-8)
Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ)
EuroQol Five Dimensions (EQ-5D)
RAND 36-item Health Survey (RAND-36)
Peripheral Artery Questionnaire (PAQ)
Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire (VascuQoL)
Intermittent Claudication Questionnaire (ICQ)
SF-36—A 36-item, patient- reported survey of patient health status consisting of eight domains: Vitality, Physical functioning, Bodily pain, General health perceptions, Physical role functioning, Emotional role functioning, Social role functioning and Mental health (summarised physical and mental component scores are also calculated). Each domain is scored on a 0–100 scale, with a lower score representing greater disability.
SF-12 and SF-8—Shortened versions of SF-36 with 12 and 8 items respectively, evaluating the same eight domains.
A subjective measure of patient- reported walking performance in patients with peripheral arterial disease consisting of three domains: Walking distance, Walking speed and Stair-climbing ability (a total mean score is also calculated). Each domain is scored from 0% to 100%, with a lower percentage representing a poorer walking performance.
A self-reported, standardized instrument for measuring generic health status consisting of ve dimensions: Mobility, Self-care, Usual activities, Pain/discomfort, and Anxiety/depression—each dimension is rated on a three-level (EQ-5D-3L) or ve-level (EQ-5D-5L) scale based on severity. An evaluation of overall health is done on the day of questionnaire completion using a Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS)— this is indicated on a vertical scale from 0 to 100.
This instrument utilises the same 36-item questionnaire as SF-36 and evaluates the same eight domains with minor differences in scoring the General health perceptions and Bodily pain scales.
A 20-item, patient-reported peripheral artery disease-specic HRQOL questionnaire consisting of six domains (Physical limitation, Symptoms, Symptom stability, Social limitation, Treatment satisfaction and Quality of life) and a summary score. Each domain is scored on a 0–100 scale, with higher scores indicating less functional limitation, fewer symptoms, better treatment satisfaction, higher social functioning, and better health status.
VQ-25—A 25-item patient- reported peripheral artery disease-specic HRQOL questionnaire consisting of ve domains (Activities, Symptoms, Pain, Social life, Emotions) and an overall (mean) score. Each item is scored on a 7-point response scale, with higher scores indicating better HRQOL.
VQ-6—A 6-item, short form of VQ-25 evaluating the same domains except on a 4-point response scale.
A 16-item self-administered intermittent claudication-specic HRQOL instrument evaluating severity of pain, limitations on activities of daily living, emotional impact and interference with activities. Each item is assessed on a 5-point adjectival scale and scored between 0 and 100 (0=worst, 100=best).
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One paper presented a direct comparison of two endovascular procedures within an RCT study design. The trial compared stenting to PTA and demonstrated improvement in HRQOL out­comes in both groups at 24-month follow-up, but no signicant difference between the two groups [20]. Of the remaining two papers relating to intervention in the aortoiliac segment, one pro­spective cohort study demonstrated improved HRQOL measures at 6months following laparo-
scopic aorto-bifemoral bypass surgery [15]; while the other retrospective observational study—which compared stenting to aorto­bifemoral bypass surgery—demonstrated no sig­nicant difference in HRQOL outcomes between the groups [21]. However, subgroup analysis did reveal signicantly improved outcomes in the endovascular group compared to the surgical group in one item of the WIQ questionnaire (dif­culty in walking 150m).
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Quality
score
8
Main ndings related to
HRQOL
Statistically signicant
improvement from baseline
with LABFB for
HRQOL
instrument(s) used,
method of delivery,
completion rate Key outcomes
was found in all domains as
well as in the summary scores.
Substantial at 1month,
sustained until 6month
Trans-Atlantic
Inter-Society
Consensus II,
type D lesions
follow-up.
showed signicant
improvement at all the
postoperative survey time
points as compared to the
preoperative scores, whereas
have substantial
and statistically
signicant
improvement in
the patients’
HRQL.
Not stated The PCS summary scores
80%
the MCS scores showed
improvement only at
6months
Concomitant operations had a
statistically signicant
negative impact on the
physical components of
SF-36 (PF, RP).
J. K. Tun et al.
When studying PCS, a positive
impact of smoking and a
negative impact of concomitant
operation and blood loss were
found. In case of MCS, only
the length of hospital stay had
a statistically signicant
(p<0.03) negative effect on
the score, but its magnitude
was not substantial (−0.3
points change per day).
Preop
Cohort size,
Author (year
of
publication),
Study
Follow-up
period
HRQOL
assessment
Yes 6months SF-36 Patients operated
with TASC II D lesions
presenting with IC.
study
centre(s) Patient characteristics
50 Consecutive patients
Study intent/
associated study
To examine
HRQOL in
patients operated
period,
Study type
(2017) [15]
Mean age 62year, Male
46%
University
with laparoscopic
aortobi femoral
bypass (LABFB)
for athero-
sclerotic
obstruction in
2005–2011 Oslo
All patients were in
Rutherford’s category 3,
except two patients who
were in Rutherford’s
category 5.
Hospital,
Sweden
aortoiliac
segment.
Prospective
study
Type of
intervention
Device type,
Brand name (if
applicable)
Table 19.2 Studies including interventions on aorto-iliac steno-occlusive disease
Surgery Kazmi et al.
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Quality
score
5
Main ndings related to
HRQOL
EQ-5D: All global and
domain (utility score, VAS)
our ongoing
HRQOL
instrument(s) used,
method of delivery,
completion rate Key outcomes
scores showed improvement
at 1year after EVT
(p<0.001).
(pain, distance, speed,
multicentre
prospective study
indicate
acceptable safety
and efcacy of
aortoiliac EVT,
Not stated. Use of
climbing) scores showed
improvement at 1year after
EVT (p<0.001).
supporting the
recent
recommendation
that EVT can be a
multiple
imputations to
generate data for
patients lost to
rst-line
treatment for
aortoiliac disease.
follow-up
7
The WIQ PAD specic score,
walking distance score,
walking speed score and stair
climbing score each showed a
signicant increase from
baseline to 12months
(p<0.001).
12months was
2.1% (p<0.001).
The acute
procedural
success and
30-day clinical
success
outcomes were
both 95%. The
primary patency
system was
shown to be safe
Not stated The Astron stent
and effective in
WIQ: 89%
rate at 12months
was 89.8%.
the treatment of
patients with
atherosclerotic
disease. The
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observed MAE
rate met the
pre-specied
performance goal
of 15%. The stent
demonstrated a
high 12-month
primary patency
rate and showed
improvement in
quality of life
measures.
Preop
Cohort size,
Author (year
of
publication),
Study
Follow-up
period
HRQOL
assessment
Mean age of 73±9 No 1year WIQ, EQ-5D 1-year data from
study
centre(s) Patient characteristics
893 (1128
limbs)
Study intent/
associated study
1-year clinical
outcomes of
endovascular
period,
Study type
Yamauchi et
al. (2019)
[16]
83% male Not stated WIQ: All global and domain
Rutherford category:
2/3/4=42%/51%/7%
in Japan
therapy (EVT)
for de novo
aortoiliac lesions
in patients with
symptomatic
2014–2019 64 centres
Prospective
observa-
Chronic total occlusion
(per limb)=36%
Femoropopliteal lesion
(per limb)=37%
PAD (Rutherford
classication 2, 3
or 4).
tional study
Yes 12months WIQ The MAE rate at
evaluable patients was
63.6years with the
majority being male
(65.2%). Patient risk
factors included
hyperlipidemia (77.6%),
161 The mean age of the
To evaluate the
safety and
efcacy of a
self-expanding
bare-metal nitinol
stent (Astron) for
the treatment of
(2016) [17]
external iliac
arteries.
Common iliac 67%,
2011–2014 30 centres
hypertension (72.7%)
and patients that were
current smokers (48.4%).
athero sclerotic
lesions in the
common and
external iliac 33%
TASC II A/B =
62%/35%
De novo 91.3%,
moderate/severe
(USA,
Canada,
Austria)
Prospective
study
calcication 70.8%
Type of
intervention
Device type,
Brand name (if
applicable)
Endovascular
(balloon-
expandable
stent,
self-expand-
able stent,
PTA)
Stent Burket et al.
Self-
expandable,
bare nitinol
stent
Astron
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Quality
score
9
Main ndings related to
HRQOL
WIQ: signicant
improvement from baseline
signicantly
HRQOL
instrument(s) used,
method of delivery,
completion rate Key outcomes
in all three dimensions
(walking distance, walking
speed, and stair climbing).
SF-36: Signicant
improvement from baseline
for health dimensions of
improved from
0.64±0.15 to
0.89±0.19
(p<0.01).
Mean initial
claudication
duration
Self-administered
(optional help
from research
physical functioning, role
physical, bodily pain and
vitality; also, physical
component scale
improved (1.7 ±
1.0 to 4.7 ± 3.3
months) and
mean MWD on
treadmill test
improved (3.3 ±
1.8 to 8.7 ± 4.4
months).
assistant)
80%
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No 30-day
mortality.
Complication rate
9% (n=3).
High technical
success (97%).
Preop
Cohort size,
Author (year
of
publication),
Study
Follow-up
period
HRQOL
assessment
Yes 12months SF-36, WIQ Mean ABI
Mean age 61.1 (SD 9.5),
Male 71%, HTN 54%,
DM 14%
study
centre(s) Patient characteristics
35 (46
limbs)
Study intent/
associated study
To determine the
effect of
aortoiliac stent
placement on
period,
Study type
al. (2005)
[18]
Stenosis n=30, chronic
arterial occlusions n=16
Island
Hospital,
Rhode
walking ability
and health-
related quality of
life (QOL) for
aortoiliac
insufciency in
1996–1999 Rhode
Island, USA
elderly
individuals with
moderate to
severe
Prospective
study
intermittent
claudication.
Type of
intervention
Device type,
Brand name (if
applicable)
Table 19.2 (continued)
Stent Murphy et
Self-
expandable,
bare alloy
stent/
self-
expandable,
polyester
covered alloy
stent/
balloon-
expandable
bare
stainless-steel
stent
Wallstent/
Wallgraft/
Palmaz
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score
7
Main ndings related to
HRQOL
The proportion of patients
with cumulative improvement
from baseline of at least one
Rutherford category at the
9-month visit was 90.5%
(124 of 137; 95% CI:
HRQOL
instrument(s) used,
method of delivery,
completion rate Key outcomes
composite
endpoint rate
was 16.2%
(93.5%
condence
84.3–94.9%).
interval [CI]:
10.6–23.2%),
primary patency
was 89.1% (95%
CI: 82.6–93.7%),
and freedom
score from baseline
32.1±26.84. Improvements
noted in all domains.
from TLR was
96%.
Not stated WIQ: mean change in total
LIFESTREAM
balloon-
expandable
covered stent
provided
satisfactory
9-month clinical
outcomes
including a low
rate of target
lesion
revascularization
for the treatment
of stenotic and
88% The
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(continued)
occlusive lesions
of the iliac
arteries.
Preop
Cohort size,
Author (year
of
publication),
Study
Follow-up
period
HRQOL
assessment
Yes 9months WIQ The primary
symptoms of
lifestyle-limiting
study
centre(s) Patient characteristics
155 Eligible patients had
Study intent/
associated study
To assess the
performance of
the
period,
Study type
(2019) [19]
claudication or ischemic
rest pain (Rutherford
categories 2–4) and de
novo or re-stenotic,
non-stented lesions (!
50% of the reference
vessel diameter) in the
iliac artery.
LIFESTREAM
balloon-
expandable
covered stent for
the treatment of
iliac artery
atherosclerotic
lesions.
Mean age 64 years, Male
69%, HTN 76%, DM
32%
(Europe,
USA, NZ)
2014–2015 17 centres
Common iliac 73%,
external iliac 27%
study
TASC A/B/C and
D=62%/27%/11%
Rutherford 2/3/4 =
16%/76%/8%
Type of
intervention
Device type,
Brand name (if
applicable)
Stent Laird et al.
Balloon-
expandable,
ePTFE covered
stainless-steel
stent
LIFESTREAM Prospective
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Quality
score
9
Main ndings related to
HRQOL
When the two treatments
were compared, no signicant
Health-related
quality of life
HRQOL
instrument(s) used,
method of delivery,
completion rate Key outcomes
EQ-5D
difference was observed
(p<0.05). All measurements
showed a signicant
improves equally
after primary
stent placement
improvement in the quality of
life after treatment (p<0.05).
In both groups, scores of all
RAND-36 dimensions showed
signicant improvement after
revascularization. The scores
were still signicantly higher
than before treatment, with the
exception of the dimension of
and primary
angioplasty with
selective stent
placement in the
treatment of
intermittent
claudication
caused by iliac
artery occlusive
Telephone
interview
general health perception in
stent group (p=0.20) and
PTA group (p=0.09).
disease.
highest for physical
functioning, physical role
functioning, and bodily pain.
Scores on all RAND-36
dimensions were not
signicantly different
36% The effect of treatment was
between the groups.
All valuational quality-of-life
measures (time trade-off,
standard gamble, rating scale,
J. K. Tun et al.
health utilities index, EQ-5D)
demonstrated a signicant
improvement after treatment,
with the exception of the
standard gamble.
The values were not
signicantly different
between the groups.
Preop
Cohort size,
Author (year
of
publication),
Study
Follow-up
period
HRQOL
assessment
Yes 24 months RAND-36,
intermittent claudication
or critical ischemia
study
centre(s) Patient characteristics
279 All patients with
Study intent/
associated study
To assess the
quality of life in
patients with
period,
Study type
Bosch et al.
(1999) [20]
Stent (n=143): Mean
age 59, Male 71%;
in
compared
primary stent
placement versus
1993–1996 Six centres
common iliac 70%,
Netherlands
primary
caused by stenosis or
occlusion in the iliac
arteries.
iliac artery
occlusive
disease, we
external iliac 30%; 80%
>50% stenosis
angioplasty
followed by
selective stent
placement in a
multicentre
randomized
controlled trial.
PTA (n=136): Mean
age 60, Male 73%;
common iliac 67%,
external iliac 33%; 82%
>50% stenosis
Randomised
control trial
The treatment groups
demonstrated no
signicant differences
with respect to
descriptive variables,
baseline quality-of-life
measures, and baseline
clinical measures.
Type of
intervention
Device type,
Brand name (if
applicable)
Stent versus
Table 19.2 (continued)
Angioplasty