Intermittent claudication

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1241-1250

  White, Christopher ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ARGININE; BERAPROST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CILOSTAZOL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EDETIC ACID; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; MILRINONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROPIONYLCARNITINE; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DYSPEPSIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; PAIN; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SORE THROAT; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; AORTOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXERCISE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS;

EID: 33947491227     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp064483     Document Type: Article

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