Duplex Scans Performed Immediately Following Lower Extremity Angioplasty and Stenting are of Limited Utility.

Background: Together with clinical examination, surveillance duplex examination represents the Society of Vascular Surgery recommendations for follow-up after endovascular intervention on the superficial femoral artery (SFA) and popliteal arterial segments. Compliance with postprocedural follow-up remains challenging. To establish a postangioplasty physiologic baseline, our institution began obtaining immediate postprocedural surveillance studies following lower extremity arterial interventions.

Sharing the Story of the Cardiac Rehab Patient Experience: A QUALITATIVE STUDY.

Purpose: To provide a prototypical patient narrative of the cardiac rehabilitation (CR) experience for providers and prospective patients using narrative analysis.

Methods: Qualitative interviews with 17 CR patients from a previous study regarding their experiences, reasons, and motivations related to engagement in CR were analyzed using narrative inquiry. Interviews were previously analyzed and coded for recurring themes, and these themes were implemented in an exploratory narrative inquiry to craft a CR patient "story.