Decisions about treatment of aortoiliac claudication: The current practice among Swedish vascular surgeons

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 643-650

  Troëng, Thomas ^a,c   Weibull, Henrik ^a   Lyttkens, Carl Hampus ^a   Janzon, Lars ^a   Lindgren, Björn ^a   Enemark, Ulrika ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intermittent claudication; Practice of vascular surgeons; Treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; ILIAC ARTERY; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGEON; SWEDEN;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030984047     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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