Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 747-756 , October 2006

Determinants of functional outcome after revascularization for critical limb ischemia: An analysis of 1000 consecutive vascular interventions

Presented at the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery Meeting, Phoenix, Ariz, Jan 18-21, 2006.

Received 17 January 2006 ,Accepted 15 June 2006.

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 Competition of interest: none.CME article

PII: S0741-5214(06)01100-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.015

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 747-756 , October 2006

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