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Long-Term Prognosis of Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease

A Comparison in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Gijs M.J.M. Welten, MD^_*, Olaf Schouten, MD^_*, Sanne E. Hoeks, MSc, Michel Chonchol, MD, Radosav Vidakovic, MD^_*, Ron T. van Domburg, PhD, Jeroen J. Bax, MD^||, Marc R.H.M. van Sambeek, MD^_* and Don Poldermans, MD^,_*

^_* Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
^|| Department of Cardiology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado.

View larger version (26K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier Estimate of Long-Term Survival of CAD and Different Types of Peripheral Surgical Patients To test for differences between the resulting curves, the log-rank test was used. AAA = elective infrarenal abdominal aortic surgery; CAD = coronary artery disease; CEA = carotid endarterectomy; LLR = lower limb arterial reconstruction; r-AAA = acute infrarenal AAA.

View larger version (33K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 2 Medication Use According to PAD and CAD Patients ACE = angiotensin-converting enzyme; PAD = peripheral arterial disease; other abbreviation as in Figure 1.

View larger version (17K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier Estimate of Overall Perioperative (30-Day) Survival of Different Types of Surgical Patients To test for differences between the resulting curves, the log-rank test was used. Abbreviations as in Figure 1.