High prevalence of peripheral arterial disease and co-morbidity in 6880 primary care patients: Cross-sectional study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-105

  Diehm, Curt ^a   Schuster, Alexander ^b   Allenberg, Jens R ^a   Darius, Harald ^c   Haberl, Roman ^d   Lange, Stefan ^e   Pittrow, David ^f   Von Stritzky, Berndt ^g   Tepohl, Gerhart ^h   Trampisch, Hans Joachim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b 3P Consulting   (Germany)

^c VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^d Vivantes Netzwerk F Gesundheit ^*  (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g Medical Department   (Germany)

^h Internist/Vascular Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Atherothrombosis; Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Peripheral arterial disease; Prevalence; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 9144228241     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(03)00204-1     Document Type: Article

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