TRENDS IN LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATIONS IN PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM U.S. MEDICARE 2000-2008

TRENDS IN LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATIONS IN PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM U.S. MEDICARE 2000-2008

To date, there have been few studies examining whether there has been concomitant reductions in rates of hospitalization for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and/or reductions in nontraumatic lower extremity (LE) amputations among those with PAD in the United States (US).

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012-03, Vol.59 (13), p.E1669-E1669
Hauptverfasser: Jones, William Schuyler, Patel, Manesh, Dai, Dadi (David), Subherwal, Sumeet, Stafford, Judith, Calhoun, Sarah, Peterson, Eric
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Amputation
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Internal Medicine
Medicare
Mortality
Trends
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Zusammenfassung:To date, there have been few studies examining whether there has been concomitant reductions in rates of hospitalization for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and/or reductions in nontraumatic lower extremity (LE) amputations among those with PAD in the United States (US).
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(12)61670-2