Critical Limb Ischemia
Contributors: Alain Branchereau (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: June 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780879934125
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Haematology; Vascular surgery; Peripheral vascular diseases; Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology; Medical Hematology; Vascular Disease; Medical / Nursing; Peripheral vascular disease; Medical; Cardiology; Science / Human Physiology; Blood-vessels; Diseases; Extremities (Anatomy); Ischemia
First sentence: Before definitions of critical limb ischemia were developed, there were serious problems in interpreting reports on the management of degrees of limb ischemia in which the threat to viability was deemed great, i.e. those characterized by ischemic rest pain and/or foot lesions with actual tissue loss.