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Rev. cuba. med ; 57(1)ene.-mar. 2018. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS, CUMED | ID: biblio-960627

ABSTRACT

Se presenta un caso de una paciente de 78 años de edad, hipertensa, diabética tipo 2 y exfumadora con el diagnóstico de claudicación intermitente tipo IIb de Fontaine, remitida por los cirujanos vasculares a rehabilitación cardiovascular. Se le indicó entrenamiento físico supervisado, a intervalos, durante 6 meses de duración, basado fundamentalmente en la realización de ejercicios, con predominio de marcha 3 veces por semana en sesiones de hasta 60 min de duración. La paciente tuvo una evolución clínica favorable con mejoría evidente de los síntomas y la limitación funcional (distancia de marcha libre de dolor y distancia máxima de deambulación). Se logró un control óptimo de factores de riesgo y una mejoría de la perfusión a las extremidades inferiores constatada por un incremento de más de 0,15 del índice tobillo brazo. No existieron complicaciones durante la terapéutica(AU)


A case of a 78-year-old female patient is presented. She is hypertensive, type 2 diabetic and former smoker. She was diagnosed intermittent claudication Fontaine type IIb, and she was referred to cardiovascular rehabilitation by vascular surgeons. She was given supervised physical training, in intervals, for six months, which was mainly based on exercises, with prevalence of walking three times a week in sessions up to 60 minutes. Her clinical evolution was favorable; there was evident improvement of symptoms and functional limitation (pain-free walking, and maximum walking distance). Optimal control of risk factors and improvement of perfusion to the lower extremities was confirmed by the increase of more than 0.15 of the ankle arm index. There were no complications during the therapy(AU)


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Humans , Female , Aged , Cardiac Rehabilitation/methods , Intermittent Claudication/therapy , Exercise Therapy/methods
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