1. ACCF/AHA/ACR/SCAI/SIR/SVM/SVN/SVS 2010 performance measures for adults with peripheral artery disease.
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Olin, Jeffrey W., Allie, David E., Belkin, Michael, Bonow, Robert O., Casey, Donald E., Creager, Mark A., Gerber, Thomas C., Hirsch, Alan T., Jaff, Michael R., Kaufman, John A., Lewis, Curtis A., Martin, Edward T., Martin, Louis G., Sheehan, Peter, Stewart, Kerry J., Treat-Jacobson, Diane, White, Christopher J., and Zhi-Jie Zheng
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ARTERIAL diseases ,HEALTH outcome assessment ,MEDICAL literature ,CLINICAL medicine ,MEDICAL protocols ,PATIENTS - Abstract
The article presents the nature and scope of the clinical performance measures for adults with peripheral artery disease(PAD) which was developed by the Peripheral Artery Disease Performance Measures Writing Committee in the U.S. It says that the performance measures deal with lower extremity and aortic disease, as covered by the ACC/AHA 2005 guidelines for the patients with PAD. Mandatory sequential steps in the development of performance systems, PAD guidelines, and outcome measures are cited.
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- 2010
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