Diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease of the lower limb

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7606, 2007, Pages 1224-1230

  Bradbury, Andrew W ^a   Adam, Donald J ^a  

^a SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; BYPASS SURGERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; LEG; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 34250791534     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39244.344664.80     Document Type: Editorial

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