• Title: A Tale of 2 Wheels: When Too Much "Spinning" Can Get You in Trouble
  • Open Access: Ja
  • Language: English
  • Year: 2022
  • DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.029
  • Publication Date: 2022-09-01
  • Journal: JACC - Case Reports
  • Authors:

    Alejandro Jimenez Restrepo 

  • Pubmed ID: 36124143

Cycling is a worldwide sport passionately practiced and followed by millions of people across the globe. While many of us see it as an enjoyable leisure activity or a healthy way to commute to and from work, for some recreational cyclists it can become an obsession. Avid recreational cyclists oftentimes put their body through such rigorous and demanding training blocks in order to achieve peak levels of performance that they can reach workloads comparable to those endured by professional cyclists. Whether it is watching cycling pros battling fierce uphill inclines every summer at the Tour de France or trying to overtake a fellow cyclist on a local hill during a weekend Café ride, cycling enthusiasts live their sport with passion and an almost religious-like devotion.

Medically speaking, however (and stripping any romanticism from our thoughts), cycling may be viewed by many as a potentially dangerous activity. Besides the risk associated with sharing roads with motorized vehicles or riding a bicycle downhill into hairpin curves at fast speeds, there is also the heavy toll many recreational cyclists put their bodies through by pushing the limits of their functional threshold power and claim the KOM (king of mountains) at their local STRAVA segment. Besides the known cardiovascular adaptations endurance athletes (including cyclists) can sustain, resulting in the “athlete’s heart” syndrome,1 the cumulative workload exerted on different muscle groups, particularly the lower train, and the repetitive muscle engagement during rides and training exercises can lead to relatively uncommon but potentially dangerous medical risks.

  • Title: External iliac artery Endofibrosis in a professional cyclist
  • Open Access: Ja
  • Language: English
  • Year: 2022
  • DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-022-01349-8
  • Publication Date: 2022-09-01
  • Journal: Springer - Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Authors:

    Mansi Verma, Niraj Nirmal Pandey and Sanjeev Kumar

  • Pubmed ID: 36050975

We present a case of a 30-year-old female professional cyclist who presented with right thigh claudication while performing high-intensity efforts. Based on the typical clinical history and the presence of a smooth long segment diffuse narrowing in the right external iliac artery on non-contrast magnetic resonance angiography, a diagnosis of external iliac artery endofibrosis or "cyclist's iliac syndrome" was made.

  • Title: Endofibrose arterial: relato de caso
  • Open Access: Nee
  • Language: Brazilian
  • Year: 2022
  • DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.34117/bjdv8n5-039
  • Publication Date: 2022-05-03
  • Journal: Brazilian Journal of Development
  • Authors:

    Jessica Richard Miranda Silva, Gabriel Andrey Ricci, Rafael Lazzari De Marco, Marina Bragheto de Oliveira, Marina Braga Oliveira, Sthefano Atique Gabriel and Eduardo Hélio Intelizano de Souza

A endofibrose arterial é uma doença vascular que caracteriza-se pelo espessamento arterial com acometimento das artérias ilíaca externa, femoral comum e poplítea. A população de risco inclui os ciclistas e triatletas. Seu quadro clínico inclui dor e claudicação intermitente de membros inferiores durante a prática de atividade esportiva de alta intensidade, devido a diminuição do fluxo sanguíneo ocasionada pela redução do lúmen arterial. O quadro clínico, atípico em pacientes jovens, associa-se à confusão diagnóstica com lesões musculoesquelética e resulta em diagnóstico, tratamento e reabilitação tardios. A avaliação da circulação periférica através da palpação de pulsos e da realização do índice de pressão tornozelo braquial auxiliam o seu diagnóstico, porém, para um diagnóstico preciso desta doença é necessário realizar um Ultrassom Doppler arterial das artérias ilíacas e das artérias dos membros inferiores. O Ultrassom Doppler é um exame não invasivo, pouco oneroso, operador dependente e não exige a administração intravenosa de contraste. O tratamento da endofibrose arterial é cirúrgico.

  • Title: External iliac kinking with surprising histopathological findings in a 60-years-old endurance athlete: a case report
  • Open Access: Ja
  • Language: English
  • Year: 2022
  • DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsurg.2022.100087
  • Publication Date: 2022-06-01
  • Journal: Elsevier - Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations
  • Authors:

    E. Deveze, P. Abraham, MC Copin and J. Picquet

In high level endurance competition, 10-20% of the athletes suffer from claudication symptoms. The underlying causes can be intravascular lesion such as endofibrosis, or functional lesions such as kinking and/or excessive length of vessel. We discuss a case of left external iliac artery kinking in an otherwise healthy male who has been a longstanding, avid cyclist. We describe his presenting symptoms, diagnosis, and our management of his problem.

 

  • Title: Surgical management of an infected external iliac artery interposition graft with a bioengineered human acellular vessel
  • Open Access: Ja
  • Language: English
  • Year: 2022
  • DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2021.10.002
  • Publication Date: 2022-03-01
  • Journal: Elsevier - Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases Innovations and Techniques
  • Authors:

    Christy Guth and Thomas Naslund

  • Pubmed ID: 35146221

Infection of prosthetic vascular grafts can manifest as pain, pseudoaneurysms, or arterial insufficiency in the leg. We present the case of a female patient with a medical history of a right external iliac artery endofibrosis, with a persistently infected synthetic iliofemoral bypass graft, which we replaced with a bioengineered human acellular vessel. At the 12-month follow-up visit, the clinical and radiologic studies demonstrated adequate human acellular vessel patency, with no signs of infection, stenosis, or pseudoaneurysm. Subsequent to the initiation of hormone therapy and cessation of antiplatelet therapy, the patient developed graft thrombosis. She continued to do well after restoration of patency with lytic therapy. At 22 months, secondary patency has been maintained with continued anticoagulation therapy, and the patient has remained asymptomatic.