[HTML][HTML] The care of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm: the Society for Vascular Surgery practice guidelines

EL Chaikof, DC Brewster, RL Dalman… - Journal of vascular …, 2009 - jvascsurg.org
The Clinical Practice Council of the Society for Vascular Surgery charged a writing
committee with the task of updating practice guidelines, initally published in 2003, for …

Renal-artery stenosis

LD Dworkin, CJ Cooper - New England Journal of Medicine, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
A 73-year-old former smoker with a history of hypertension presents with shortness of
breath. His blood pressure is 160/75 mm Hg, and his serum creatinine level is 1.4 mg per …

[HTML][HTML] National trends in lower extremity bypass surgery, endovascular interventions, and major amputations

PP Goodney, AW Beck, J Nagle, HG Welch… - Journal of vascular …, 2009 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Advances in endovascular interventions have expanded the options
available for the invasive treatment of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) …

Scientific evidence underlying the ACC/AHA clinical practice guidelines

P Tricoci, JM Allen, JM Kramer, RM Califf, SC Smith - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context The joint cardiovascular practice guidelines of the American College of Cardiology
(ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have become important documents for …

The transcriptional coactivator PGC-1α mediates exercise-induced angiogenesis in skeletal muscle

J Chinsomboon, J Ruas, RK Gupta… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects 5 million people in the US and is the primary cause
of limb amputations. Exercise remains the single best intervention for PAD, in part thought to …

Patients with peripheral arterial disease in the CHARISMA trial

PP Cacoub, DL Bhatt, PG Steg, EJ Topol… - European heart …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of this study was to determine whether clopidogrel plus aspirin provides
greater protection against major cardiovascular events than aspirin alone in patients with …

Aspirin for the prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with peripheral artery disease: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

JS Berger, MJ Krantz, JM Kittelson, WR Hiatt - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context Randomized trials have shown that aspirin decreases the risk of cardiovascular
events in patients with symptomatic coronary and cerebrovascular disease. Despite …

Cardiovascular risk factor control and outcomes in peripheral artery disease patients in the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry

PP Cacoub, MTB Abola, I Baumgartner, DL Bhatt… - Atherosclerosis, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To examine differences in risk factor (RF) management between peripheral
artery disease (PAD) and coronary artery (CAD) or cerebrovascular disease (CVD), as well …

Autologous bone marrow cell transplantation increases leg perfusion and reduces amputations in patients with advanced critical limb ischemia due to peripheral …

B Amann, C Luedemann, R Ratei… - Cell …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Bone marrow cell transplantation has been shown to induce angiogenesis and thus improve
ischemic artery disease. This study evaluates the effects of intramuscular bone marrow cell …

Automated ankle-brachial pressure index measurement by clinical staff for peripheral arterial disease diagnosis in nondiabetic and diabetic patients

C Clairotte, S Retout, L Potier, R Roussel… - Diabetes …, 2009 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a prognostic marker in cardiovascular
disease. The use of Doppler-measured ankle-brachial pressure index (Dop-ABI) for PAD …