Female patients with atherosclerotic lesions of the lower limbs. Not all are alike

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-209

  Heuberger, B M ^a   Diehm, N ^a   Husmann, M ^a   Kalka, Ch ^a   Baumgartner, Iris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Aortic disease; Diabetes mellitus; Female gender; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEG; REVASCULARIZATION; SMOKING; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548254908     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.36.3.205     Document Type: Article

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