Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 251-258 , February 2001

Outcome events in patients with claudication: A 15-year study in 2777 patients

Presented at the 2000 Joint Annual Meeting of the American Association for Vascular Surgery and the Society for Vascular Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Jun 10-14, 2000.

Received 12 June 2000 ,Accepted 21 September 2000.

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☆ Competition of interest: nil.

☆☆ Supported in part by a Veteran's Administration Competitive Pilot Fund grant.

★ Reprint requests: Satish C. Muluk MD, A-1011 PUH, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (e-mail: muluk@usa.net ).

PII: S0741-5214(01)52713-5

doi: 10.1067/mva.2001.112210

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 251-258 , February 2001

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