European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 59-63 , January 2006

Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Pattern of Lower Limb Atherosclerosis in 2659 Patients Undergoing Angioplasty

  • N. Diehm

      Affiliations

    • Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • A. Shang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • A. Silvestro

      Affiliations

    • Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • D.-D. Do

      Affiliations

    • Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • F. Dick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • J. Schmidli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • F. Mahler

      Affiliations

    • Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • I. Baumgartner

      Affiliations

    • Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Iris Baumgartner, MD, Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.

,Accepted 28 September 2005.

  • Image Result

    Association of risk factors with the level of atherosclerotic target lesions. Red overlay on the anatomic cartoon illustrates the association of risk factor with pattern of atherosclerotic lesions.

    Association of risk factors with the level of atherosclerotic target lesions. Red overlay on the anatomic cartoon illustrates the association of risk factor with pattern of atherosclerotic lesions.

PII: S1078-5884(05)00592-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.09.006

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 59-63 , January 2006