Claudication

Intermittent claudication occurs when blood in the leg is not feeding its target, according to Dr. Thomas Maldonado, associate professor of surgery at New York University Langone Medical Center.

Patients with PAD typically present with symptoms known as claudication or rest pain. ❋ Unknown (2009)

- called claudication - is angina in the legs and puts you at risk of heart attacks are often due to disease resulting from narrowing of arteries of the heart and that people should be aware that this disease can be widespread throughout the body. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An estimated two million Americans are affected by claudication—a burning calf-muscle pain caused by a buildup of arterial plaque from a condition known as aortoiliac peripheral artery disease PAD. ❋ Ann Lukits (2012)

However, more stent than exercise subjects reported having no claudication symptoms. ❋ Ann Lukits (2012)

About 10% of PAD patients have a severe form of leg pain, known as claudication. ❋ Laura Landro (2010)

I suspect that -- despite all the warnings I tried to give -- this was approached as a "clinical puzzle" type of case; ie, claudication was considered "ruled out" by the first test. ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2008)

I've been thinking about this case for a while, and I also kept coming back to claudication, but was stumped by the negative Ankle Brachial Index. ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2008)

Although the classic location for intermittent claudication is the calf, I felt the patient's description and timing of the pain -- along with her status as a smoker -- made it the most likely diagnosis. ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2008)

I don't know that I would have diagnosed this either, after the first study, I didn't even think about ischemia/claudication. ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2008)

My diagnosis was claudication; pain caused by a blockage in the flow of blood to the right leg that only produced pain when extra blood flow was needed -- as with walking. ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2008)

Anyway, I went over several subjects in my Harrison's and Currents after posting, trying to figure out something else, but I kept coming back to claudication. ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2008)

I *still* think it sounds like claudication maybe of the profunda femoris? ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2008)

I don't know if the heavy chewers in my patient population would be at risk for claudication; do you? ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2008)

I do wonder if your diagnosis of claudication was correct in the first place, but that the test you ordered wasn't sensitive enough to find a focal lesion; arteriography of the right leg might provide the information needed to confirm the diagnosis. ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2008)

As opposed to its short-term administration, long-term administration of L-arginine is not useful in patients with intermittent claudication and PAD. ❋ Unknown (2007)