The correlation between symptoms and non-invasive test results in patient referred for peripheral arterial disease testing

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Criqui, Michael H ^a,b   Denenberg, Julie O ^a   Bird, Cameron E ^a   Fronek, Arnost ^c,d   Klauber, Melville R ^a   Langer, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; intermittent claudication; non invasive testing; peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANGIOPLASTY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BUTTOCK; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LEG PAIN; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THIGH; TOE BRACHIAL INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 0029945686     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X9600100112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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