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Comments regarding 'Prevalence and predictors of persistent health status impairment in patients referred to a vascular clinic with intermittent claudication'. 2011

F Dick

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, University Hospital, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010 Berne, Switzerland. florian.dick@insel.ch

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007383	Intermittent Claudication	A symptom complex characterized by pain and weakness in SKELETAL MUSCLE group associated with exercise, such as leg pain and weakness brought on by walking. Such muscle limpness disappears after a brief rest and is often relates to arterial STENOSIS; muscle ISCHEMIA; and accumulation of LACTATE.	Claudication, Intermittent
D008297	Male		Males
D005260	Female		Females
D006304	Health Status	The level of health of the individual, group, or population as subjectively assessed by the individual or by more objective measures.	General Health,General Health Level,General Health Status,Level of Health,Overall Health,Overall Health Status,General Health Levels,Health Level,Health Level, General,Health Levels,Health Status, General,Health Status, Overall,Health, General,Health, Overall,Level, General Health,Levels, General Health,Status, General Health,Status, Health,Status, Overall Health
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D058729	Peripheral Arterial Disease	Lack of perfusion in the EXTREMITIES resulting from atherosclerosis. It is characterized by INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION, and an ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX of 0.9 or less.	Peripheral Arterial Diseases,Peripheral Artery Disease,Arterial Disease, Peripheral,Arterial Diseases, Peripheral,Artery Disease, Peripheral,Artery Diseases, Peripheral,Disease, Peripheral Arterial,Disease, Peripheral Artery,Diseases, Peripheral Arterial,Diseases, Peripheral Artery,Peripheral Artery Diseases