Implications of low great toe pressures in clinical practice

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 218-221

  Varatharajan, Nandanan ^a   Pillay, Sugendran ^a   Hitos, Kerry ^b   Fletcher, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amputation; Critical limb ischaemia; Great toe pressure; Toe brachial index; Toe wave amplitude

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HALLUX; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645998465     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03695.x     Document Type: Article

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