Presidential address: Vascular surgery - Comparing outcomes

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-17

  Rutherford, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; LEG ISCHEMIA; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0029689544     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(05)80030-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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