Journal article
SUBOPTIMAL PREVENTIVE PRACTICES IN PATIENTS WITH CAROTID AND PERIPHERAL VASCULAR OCCLUSIVE DISEASE IN A TERTIARY REFERRAL SETTING
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Effective strategies for the prevention of adverse vascular events in patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease include smoking cessation, platelet inhibition, antihypertensives, hypoglycaemic and cholesterol lowering agents. The current literature suggests that these practices are suboptimal in patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD). This study aims to examine and compare the use of preventive therapy in patients …
Authors
Teh LG; Sieunarine K; Eikelboom J; Prendergast FJ; Goodman MA; Joesbury K; Watt E
Journal
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol. 73, No. 11, pp. 932–937
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 2003
DOI
10.1046/j.1445-1433.2003.02675.x
ISSN
0004-8682