Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 330-334 , August 2009

Lower extremity artery stenosis distribution in an unselected elderly population and its relation to a reduced ankle-brachial index

  • Johan Wikström, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Johan Wikström, MD, PhD, Department of Radiology, Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Tomas Hansen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Lars Johansson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Håkan Ahlström, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Lars Lind, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Received 16 October 2008 ,Accepted 10 March 2009.

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 The study was funded by GE Healthcare by providing the gadolinium contrast agent for the MRA studies.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(09)00661-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.008

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 330-334 , August 2009

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