Should claudicants receive angioplasty or just exercise training?

Vascular

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 226-231

  Whyman, M R ^a   Ruckley, C V ^b  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

angioplasty; claudication; exercise therapy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032104468     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099800600303     Document Type: Review

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