Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages S21-S26 , April 2010

Racial and ethnic differences in patterns of treatment for acute peripheral arterial disease in the United States, 1998-2006

Presented at the Annual Society of Vascular Surgery Meeting, Denver, Col, Jun 11-14, 2009.

  • Vincent L. Rowe, MD

      Affiliations

    • CardioVascular Thoracic Institute, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Vincent L. Rowe, MD, CardioVascular Thoracic Institute, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at USC, 1520 San Pablo, Ste 4300, Los Angeles, CA 90033
    • ,
  • Fred A. Weaver, MD, MMM

      Affiliations

    • CardioVascular Thoracic Institute, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
    • ,
  • John S. Lane, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical School, Irvine, Calif
    • ,
  • David A. Etzioni, MD, MSHS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif

Received 17 September 2009 ,Accepted 21 September 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 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)02336-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.09.066

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages S21-S26 , April 2010

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