Factors affecting long-term outcomes after thromboembolectomy for acute lower limb ischemia

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-57

  Zaraca, F ^a   Ponzoni, A ^b   Sbraga, P ^a   Ebner, J A ^a   Giovannetti, R ^a,c   Ebner, H ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b ICT Department   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Lower extremity; Risk factors; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; THROMBECTOMY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860237325     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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