FREQUENCY OF MEDIAL CALCINOSIS IN PATIENTS AGED OVER 70 WITH POSTERIOR TIBIAL AND DORSALIS PEDIS ASPHYGMIA

Purpose: Medial calcinosis is a frequent disease in the elderly and in patients with diabetes mellitus and/or advanced chronic renal failure. Many Romanian physicians don't know the clinical features and has the tendency to underestimate the frequency and the importance of the disease. The aim of the study was to evaluate the frequency of medial calcinosis in elders with unilateral or bilateral distal asphygmia of the lower limbs and without diabetes mellitus and chronic renal failure and to initiate a training program for managing this arterial disease. Methods and Materials: We analysed 200 consecutive patient…