Small popliteal artery aneurysms: Are they clinically significant?

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 755-760

  Ascher, Enrico ^a,b   Markevich, Natalia ^a   Schutzer, Richard W ^a   Kallakuri, Sreedhar ^a   Jacob, Theresa ^a   Hingorani, Anil P ^a  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PAIN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0037382232     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2003.232     Document Type: Article

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