Prospective multicenter study of quality of life before and after lower extremity vein bypass in 1404 patients with critical limb ischemia

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 977-983

  Nguyen, Louis L ^a   Moneta, Gregory L ^b   Conte, Michael S ^a   Bandyk, Dennis F ^c   Clowes, Alexander W ^d   Seely, B Lynn ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Department of Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN BYPASS;

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 33846202574     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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