A call for uniform reporting standards in studies assessing endovascular treatment for chronic ischaemia of lower limb arteries

European Heart Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 798-805

  Diehm, Nicolas ^a   Baumgartner, Iris ^a   Jaff, Michael ^b   Do, Dai Do ^a   Minar, Erich ^c   Schmidli, Jürg ^a   Diehm, Curt ^d   Biamino, Giancarlo ^e   Vermassen, Frank ^f   Scheinert, Dierk ^e   Van Sambeek, Marc R H M ^g   Schillinger, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Clinical success; Debulking; Functional outcome; Peripheral arterial disease; Stent; Study endpoints; Study guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; STENTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34548270780     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl545     Document Type: Review

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