The management of ischemic heel ulcers and gangrene in the endovascular era

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 600-605

  Dosluoglu, Hasan H ^a,b,c   Attuwaybi, Bashir ^b   Cherr, Gregory S ^b,c   Harris, Linda M ^b,c   Dryjski, Maciej L ^b,c  

^a VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical limb ischemia; Endovascular interventions; Heel; Limb salvage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBUMIN; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ENTERIC COATED TABLET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HEALING; HEEL; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GANGRENE; HEEL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 35148847677     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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