Clinical outcome and its predictors in 1560 patients with critical leg ischaemia

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 401-410

  Bertele V ^a   Roncaglioni, M C ^a   Pangrazzi, J ^a   Terzian, E ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Critical leg ischaemia; Prognostic variables

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BUFLOMEDIL; BUPRENORPHINE; DEFIBROTIDE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROSTANOID; PROSTAVASIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033230188     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.1999.0934     Document Type: Article

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