Race independently impacts outcome of infrapopliteal bypass for symptomatic arterial insufficiency

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 397-401

  Rowe, Vincent L ^a,b   Ram Kumar, S ^a   Glass, Holly ^a   Hood, Douglas B ^a   Weaver, Fred A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass; Limb salvage; Lower extremity; Peripheral arterial disease; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VEINS;

EID: 35348892560     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574407303679     Document Type: Article

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