Poor outcome in patients aged over 80 with limb-threatening ischaemia

Vascular

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-57

  Davies, B ^a   Heather, B P ^a   Earnshaw, J J ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arterial thromboembolism; critical leg ischaemia; elderly patients; vascular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032929728     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099900700112     Document Type: Article

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