Peripheral vascular disease: Diagnosing and treating the 3 most common peripheral vasculopathies

Geriatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 37-43

  Dillavou, Ellen ^a   Kahn, Mark B ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Atherosclerosis; Cerebrovascular carotid disease; Peripheral occlusive arterial disease; Peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CILOSTAZOL; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STENT; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; UNITED STATES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0037316501     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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