A Propensity-Matched Study of the Association of Peripheral Arterial Disease With Cardiovascular Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-135

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Ahmed, Mustafa I ^b   Ekundayo, O James ^b   Allman, Richard M ^b,c   Ahmed, Ali ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149475841     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.08.037     Document Type: Article

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