Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 372-378.e1 , February 2010

Analysis of gender-related differences in lower extremity peripheral arterial disease

Presented at the Thirty-fourth Annual Spring Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society Meeting, Denver, Colo, June 11-14, 2009.

  • Natalia Egorova, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Evidence and Policy, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Ageliki G. Vouyouka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ageliki G. Vouyouka, MD, FACS, Division of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center/School of Medicine, 5 E 98th St, Box 1273, New York, NY 10029
    • ,
  • Jacquelyn Quin, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Services, Roxbury VAMC, Boston, Mass
    • ,
  • Stephanie Guillerme, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Evidence and Policy, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Alan Moskowitz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Evidence and Policy, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Michael Marin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Peter L. Faries, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Received 29 June 2009 ,Accepted 6 September 2009.

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 Competition of interest: Dr Marin is consulting for Medtronic.

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

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01836-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.09.006

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 372-378.e1 , February 2010

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