European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 192-197 , May 2008

Clinical outcome in patients with peripheral artery disease. Results from a prospective registry (FRENA)

  • Manuel Monreal

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol. 08916 Badalona (Barcelona). Spain. Tel.: +34 669675313.
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  • Lorenzo Alvarez

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • ,
  • Blanca Vilaseca

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • ,
  • Ramón Coll

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Rehabilitación. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • ,
  • Carmen Suárez

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital de la Princesa. Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Jesús Toril

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna. Centro Médico y de Rehabilitación. Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Carmen Sanclemente

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital General de Vic, Spain
    • ,
  • the FRENA Investigators

      Affiliations

    • A full list of FRENA investigators is given in the Appendix.

Received 12 March 2007 ,Revised 4 July 2007 ,Accepted 26 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.09.003

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 192-197 , May 2008

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