Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 547-551 , July 2008

Validation of the Finnvasc Score in Infrainguinal Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for Critical Lower Limb Ischemia

  • Aristotelis Kechagias

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Jukka Perälä

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Kari Ylönen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Muhammad Ali Asim Mahar

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Fausto Biancari

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Fausto Biancari, MD, PhD, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 21, 90029 Oulu, Finland

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PII: S0890-5096(08)00075-7

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.01.007

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 547-551 , July 2008

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