Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 317-321 , August 2009

Preprocedural hemoglobin predicts outcome in peripheral vascular disease patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

Received 3 November 2008 ,Accepted 22 March 2009.

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PII: S0741-5214(09)00773-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.041

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 317-321 , August 2009

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