Bernal Páez, Fernando LuisAlcaraz Baños, MiguelFelices Abad, Jose ManuelBernal Belmonte, AnaGijon-Nogueron, GabrielPardo Rios, Manuel2024-02-082024-02-082018http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13071http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/17568To assess the quality of life (QoL) of treated patients in order to evaluate the success of peripheral transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and correlate physical parameters with clinical progress at 6 months post-PTA.According to TASC II classifications, 69 patients were selected for PTA. Clinical evaluation and diagnostic tests were performed before, after and after 6 months following PTA. The SF-36 QoL questionnaire was added as an additional parameter.Fifty one patients were included in the study. The ankle-brachial index (ABI) increased from 0.49 ± 0.11 before PTA, to 0.81 ± 0.14 after PTA (P engVoRhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/AgedImprovement of quality of life in diabetic patients treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International303130259741e1222810.1097/MD.00000000000122281536-5964Medicineopen access