Office management of peripheral arterial disease

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 790-792

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet drugs; Cilostazol; Intermittent claudication; Peripheral arterial disease; Statins

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CILOSTAZOL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL;

ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EXERCISE; FOOT CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MANAGEMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 77956220985     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.03.017     Document Type: Note

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