Peripheral artery disease: Current insight into the disease and its diagnosis and management

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 678-692

  Olin, Jeffrey W ^a   Sealove, Brett A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3A,4,4A,5,6,7,8,8A,9,9A DECAHYDRO N [4 [2 [5 (3 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 PYRIDYL]VINYL] 3 METHYL 1 OXO 3H BENZO[F]ISOBENZOFURAN 7 YL]CARBAMIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CILOSTAZOL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PERINDOPRIL; PRASUGREL; RAMIPRIL; SIMVASTATIN; WARFARIN;

AGE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIPID METABOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STENT; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

EID: 77954325887     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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