Critical limb ischemia: Current trends and future directions

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Teraa, Martin ^a   Conte, Michael S ^b   Moll, Frans L ^a   Verhaar, Marianne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical limb ischemia; Peripheral artery disease; Secondary prevention; Severe limb ischemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SURVIVAL RATE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FORECASTING; ISCHEMIA; MASS COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 85003009972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002938     Document Type: Article

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