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Screen or not to screen for peripheral arterial disease: guidance from a decision model

BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is associated with greater risk of acute cardiovascular events. This study aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of one time only PAD screening using Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) test and subsequent anti platelet preventive treatment (low d...

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Autores principales: Vaidya, Anil, Joore, Manuela A, ten Cate-Hoek, Arina J, ten Cate, Hugo, Severens, Johan L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3912926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24476213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-89