The ArtAssist® Device in chronic lower limb ischemia. A pilot study

International Angiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-35

  Louridas, G ^a   Saadia, R ^a   Spelay, J ^a   Abdoh, A ^a   Weighell, W ^a   Arneja, A S ^a   Tanner, J ^a   Guzman, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ischemia, diagnosis; Ischemia, surgery; Leg

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REST; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE INJURY; TOE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND HEALING; AMPUTATION; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REOPERATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036010718     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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