Are varicose veins a marker for susceptibility to coronary heart disease in men? Results from the normative aging study

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 459-464

  Scott, Thayer E ^a,b   Mendez, Manuel V ^a,b   LaMorte, Wayne W ^a,b,c   Cupples, L Adrienne ^a,c   Vokonas, Pantel S ^a,c,d,e   Garcia, Raul I ^a,c   Menzoian, James O ^a,b  

^a Boston Medical Center ^*

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL REGION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARICOSIS;

EID: 3543017907     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-004-0056-z     Document Type: Article

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