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ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2005

Peripheral arterial disease: a high risk - but neglected - disease population.

Joseph Tomson, Gregory Y H Lip

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Article in BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Joseph TomsonUniversity Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH, England, UK. G.Y.H.LIP@bham.ac.uk <G.Y.H.LIP@bham.ac.uk>
Gregory Y H Lip

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a common, progressive manifestation of atherothrombotic vascular disease, which should be managed no different to cardiac disease. Indeed, there is growing evidence that PAD patients are a high risk group, although still relatively under-detected and under treated. This is despite the fact that PAD patients are an increased mortality rate comparable to those with pre-existing or established cardiovascular disease [myocardial infarction, stroke]. With a holistic approach to atherothrombotic vascular disease, our management of PAD can only get better.

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Age FactorsArterial Occlusive DiseasesCardiovascular DiseasesHumansPeripheral Vascular DiseasesPrevalenceRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk FactorsSex Factors

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PMID15972103
PMCPMC1166544

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