Patterns of artery disease in 450 patients undergoing revascularization for critical limb ischemia: Implications for clinical trial design

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 995-1000

  Rueda, Carlos A ^a,b   Nehler, Mark R ^a,b   Perry, Darryl J ^b   McLafferty, Robert B ^c   Casserly, Ivan P ^a   Hiatt, William R ^a,b   Peyton, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Colorado Prevention Center ^*  (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP FEMORAL ARTERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; TIBIAL ARTERY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COLORADO; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIAL ARTERIES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 43049100302     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.11.055     Document Type: Article

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