Characteristics of peripheral arterial disease and its relevance to the diabetic population

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 152-166

  Faglia, Ezio ^a  

^a IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

amputation and survival; critical limb ischemia; diabetic foot; peripheral arterial disease; peripheral revascularization

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG PAIN; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MICROCIRCULATION; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXIMETRY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIA; MASS SCREENING; MICROCIRCULATION; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052852592     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734611417352     Document Type: Article

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