'Pole test' measurements in critical leg ischaemia

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-257

  Paraskevas, N ^a   Ayari, R ^a   Malikov, S ^a   Mollo, M ^a   Branchereau, P ^a   Hut, F ^b   Branchereau, A ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Critical leg ischaemia; Pole test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 33144481500     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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