Occult vascular lesions in patients with atherothrombotic events: The AIRVAG cohort

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-62

  Lujan S ^a   Puras, E ^a   Lopez Bescos L ^a   Belinchon J C ^a   Gutierrez M ^a   Guijarro, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Atherosclerosis; Intermittent claudication; Microalbuminuria; Occult vascular lesions

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ALBUMINURIA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 20144385806     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.02.019     Document Type: Article

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