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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on October 9, 2006
European Heart Journal 2006 27(21):2495-2496; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl283
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Subclinical atherosclerosis of lower limb arteries: a strong predictor for cardiovascular mortality

Nicolas Diehm1,* and Curt Diehm2

1 Division of Clinical and Interventional Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, University of Bern, Switzerland
2 Department of Internal Medicine/Vascular Medicine, SRH-Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, University of Heidelberg, Germany

* Corresponding author. Tel: +41 31 632 2111; fax: +41 31 632 4793. E-mail address: diehm@gmx.ch

This editorial refers to ‘Association of ankle-brachial index and plaques in the carotid and femoral arteries with cardiovascular events and total mortality in a population-based study with 13 years of follow-up’{dagger} by C. Lamina et al., on page 2580

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The prognostic systemic implications of lower limb atherosclerosis have previously been widely underestimated. However, the importance of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), as a major public health problem, has increasingly been acknowledged in recent years.

PAD is known to be associated with a major decrease of patient quality of life and functional impairment1 and it is the leading cause of non-traumatic amputations throughout Europe and the United States.

Very importantly, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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