Aorto-iliac occlusive disease in the different population groups - Clinical pattern, risk profile and results of reconstruction

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1288-1292

  Madiba, T E ^a   Mars, M ^a   Robbs, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LERICHE SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0033387717     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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