A decline in walking distance predicts long-term outcome in patients with known or suspected peripheral artery disease

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-328

  de Liefde, Inge I ^a   Van Domburg, Ron T ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^b   Klein, Jan ^a   Verhagen, Hence J M ^a   Poldermans, Don ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ankle brachial index; cardiac death; exercise test; mortality; peripheral artery disease; walking distance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WALKING DISTANCE; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASES; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 77954014922     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e32833254ce     Document Type: Article

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