The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 6 , Pages 531-538 , June 2007

Improving Risk Assessment with Cardiac Testing in Peripheral Arterial Disease

  • Harm H.H. Feringa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Abdou Elhendy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Nebraska, Omaha
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  • Stefanos E. Karagiannis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Peter G. Noordzij, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Martin Dunkelgrun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Olaf Schouten, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Radosav Vidakovic, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Ron T. van Domburg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Jeroen J. Bax, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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  • Don Poldermans, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Don Poldermans, MD, Erasmus MC, University of Rotterdam, Department of Anaesthesiology, Room H-921, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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    Kaplan Meier curves in patient with suspected and known peripheral arterial disease stratified according to stress-induced myocardial ischemia (DSE+) and ankle-brachial index values ≤0.90 (ABI+).

    Kaplan Meier curves in patient with suspected and known peripheral arterial disease stratified according to stress-induced myocardial ischemia (DSE+) and ankle-brachial index values ≤0.90 (ABI+).

PII: S0002-9343(06)00892-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.06.041

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 6 , Pages 531-538 , June 2007