The Low Incidence of Surgery for Non-Cardiac Vascular Disease in UK Asians may be Explained by a Low Prevalence of Disease

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 494-499

  Hobbs, S D ^a   Sam, R C ^a   Bhatti, A ^a   Rehman, A ^a   Wilmink, A B ^a   Adam, D J ^a   Bradbury, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Asians; Caucasians; Ethnicity; Peripheral arterial disease; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33749360878     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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