Venous Distension in Patients With Aneurysmatic Arterial Disease

Kantonsspital Baselland Bruderholz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease; Popliteal Artery Aneurysm; Vascular Diseases; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal; Aortic Diseases; Varicose Veins

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02867501

2016-00375

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to assess if venous distension in patients with aneurysmatic arteriopathy is higher compared to patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) and in controls.

Full description

Patients with aortic aneurysm and patients with PAOD and Controls will be investigated in the following manner: Duplexsonography with assessment of the arterial diameters in the aorta and leg arteries. Duplexsonography with assessment of venous reflux in proximal and deep veins of both legs Duplexsonography testing of venous distension in the common femoral vein, the great saphenous vein and the femoral vein.

Enrollment: 98 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with dilatative arteriopathy (DA) the aortic diameter must be > 3 cm or the popliteal artery diameter > 1.5 cm
• Patients with arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) defined with an Ankle brachial index (ABI) < 0.9 and positive criteria in the Edinburgh questionnaire
• Patients able to give informed consent
• Control group of age matched persons without PAOD (ABI > 0.9) and without DA

Exclusion criteria

• Impossibility to stand
• Diabetes
• No given informed consent
• Persons and patients < 18 years old
• Acute deep venous thrombosis
• History of deep venous thrombosis

Trial design

98 participants in 3 patient groups

Aneurysmatic disease

Description:

Patients with dilatative arteriopathy (DA) the aortic diameter must be \> 3 cm or the popliteal artery diameter \> 1.5 cm

Peripheral arterial occlusive disease

Description:

Patients with arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) defined with an Ankle brachial index (ABI) \< 0.9 and positive criteria in the Edinburgh questionnaire.

Healthy

Description:

Control group of age matched persons without PAOD (ABI \> 0.9) and without DA.