American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 98, Issue 9 , Pages 1226-1230 , 1 November 2006

Relation of Borderline Peripheral Arterial Disease to Cardiovascular Disease Risk

  • Andy Menke, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 504-988-3855; fax: 504-988-1568.
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  • Paul Muntner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • ,
  • Rachel P. Wildman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • ,
  • Albert W. Dreisbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • ,
  • Paolo Raggi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Received 11 March 2006 ,Revised 18 May 2006 ,Accepted 23 May 2006.

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PII: S0002-9149(06)01373-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.05.056

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 98, Issue 9 , Pages 1226-1230 , 1 November 2006

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