Optimisation of the non-invasive assessment of critical limb ischaemia requiring invasive treatment

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-137

  Ubbink, D Th ^a   Tulevski, I I ^a   De Graaff, J C ^a   Legemate, D A ^a   Jacobs, M J H M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle blood pressure; Critical limb ischaemia; Cut off values; Diagnosis; Likelihood ratio; Posture; ROC analysis; Toe blood pressure; Transcutaneous oximetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPTOM; TOE; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING;

EID: 0034143856     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.1999.0953     Document Type: Article

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