Novel adipokines, high molecular weight adiponectin and resistin, are associated with outcomes following lower extremity revascularization with autogenous vein - Owens, Christopher D.; Kim, Ji Min; Hevelone, Nathanael D.; Hamdan, Allen; Raffetto, Joseph D.; Creager, Mark A.; Conte, Michael S. (Journal of vascular surgery, 2010)
Keywords: Adipokines - blood; Adiponectin - blood; Aged; Angiography - methods; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers - blood; Cardiovascular system; Confidence Intervals; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Graft Survival; Humans; Investigative techniques of hemodynamics; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Longitudinal Studies; Lower Extremity - blood supply; Lower Extremity - surgery; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Molecular Weight; Multivariate Analysis; Peripheral Vascular Diseases - blood; Peripheral Vascular Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Peripheral Vascular Diseases - surgery; Probability; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Resistin - blood; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Severity of Illness Index; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Time Factors; Transplantation, Autologous; Treatment Outcome; Vascular surgery: aorta, extremities, vena cava. Surgery of the lymphatic vessels; Vascular Surgical Procedures - methods; Veins - transplantation; Cardiovascular disease; Prognosis; Surgery; Revascularization