The fate of the claudicant limb

European Heart Journal, Supplement

Volumn 4, Issue B, 2002, Pages

  Andreozzi, G M ^a   Martini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amputation; Critical leg ischaemia; Inflammation; Intermittent claudication; Peripheral arterial disease; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 8; THROMBIN;

AGE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DETERIORATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LIMB; LIMB SALVAGE; MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STENT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 0141953083     PISSN: 1520765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1520-765X(02)90016-7     Document Type: Review

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