Letter by protogerou et al regarding article, "mortality and vascular morbidity in older adults with asymptomatic versus symptomatic peripheral artery disease"

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 25, 2010, Pages

  Protogerou, Athanase D ^a   Papadogiannis, Dimitrios ^a   Safar, Michel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROMATOSIS; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SYSTOLE;

EID: 77954233936     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.926790     Document Type: Letter

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