Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 701-708.e2 , October 2007

Prospective decision analysis for peripheral vascular disease predicts future quality of life

Presented at the Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Rio Mar, Puerto Rico, Jan 18, 2007.

Received 13 January 2007 ,Accepted 31 May 2007.

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 Supported by an Established Investigator Award of the American Heart Association and by the Office of Research and Development, Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs.

 Competition of interest: none.

 Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00975-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.05.045

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 701-708.e2 , October 2007

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