Revascularization for chronic critical lower limb ischemia in octogenarians is worthwhile

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1198-1207

  Brosi, Philippe ^a   Dick, Florian ^a   Do, Dai Do ^a   Schmidli, Juerg ^a   Baumgartner, Iris ^a   Diehm, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB AMPUTATION; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ANGIOPLASTY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 37448998588     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.07.047     Document Type: Article

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