The Association of Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease with Major Coronary Events in a Mediterranean Population with Low Coronary Heart Disease Incidence

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-76

  Merino, J ^a   Planas, A ^b   De Moner, A ^b   Gasol, A ^b   Contreras, C ^b   Marrugat, J ^c   Vidal Barraquer, F ^a   Clara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cohort studies; Coronary disease; Peripheral vascular diseases; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45749155953     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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