Epidemiology of peripheral arterial disease in Germany. What is evident, what remains unclear?;Epidemiologie der peripheren arteriellen verschlusskrankheit in Deutschland: Was ist gesichert und was ist offen?

Hamostaseologie

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-196

  Kröger, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Chronic critical limb ischaemia; Mediasclerosis; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; AGED; ANKLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33748430529     PISSN: 07209355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1617065     Document Type: Article

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