Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in patients with intermittent claudication and critical limb ischaemia.

CONCLUSION: The risk of premature death in patients with IC and CLI declined significantly in the Netherlands, in a sex-specific manner, over the period from 1998 to 2010. The absolute risk of cardiovascular mortality remains high in these patients.
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Source: The British Journal of Surgery - November 8, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: van Haelst STW, Koopman C, den Ruijter HM, Moll FL, Visseren FL, Vaartjes I, de Borst GJ Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research