Justification of intervention for limb-threatening ischemia: A surgical decision analysis

Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-69

  Brothers, T E ^a   Rios, G A ^a   Robison, J G ^a   Elliott, B M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support techniques; Peripheral vascular diseases; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032937706     PISSN: 09672109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-2109(98)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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