Increased Endovascular Interventions Decrease the Rate of Lower Limb Artery Bypass Operations without an Increase in Major Amputation Rate

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-199

  Suding, Paul N ^a   McMaster, William ^a   Hansen, Edward ^a   Hatfield, Arthur W ^a   Gordon, Ian L ^a   Wilson, Samuel Eric ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SMOKING; STENT; VASCULAR LESION;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ANGIOPLASTY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; STENTS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 40749141582     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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