Gender differences in patients treated for critical limb ischemia

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-300

  Hultgren, Rebecka ^a   Olofsson, P ^a   Wahlberg, E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amputation; Critical limb ischemia; Gender differences; Lower limb ischemia; Vascular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13944254816     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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