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Lower sensitivity of ankle-brachial index measurements among people suffering with diabetes-associated vascular disorders: A systematic review

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Diabetes mellitus is a systemic disease affecting microvascular and macrovascular systems and is considered as the strongest risk factor for peripheral arterial disease.
Ayman Abouhamda, Majid Alturkstani, Yousef Jan   +2 more
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Ankle-brachial index as a predictor of coronary disease events in elderly patients submitted to coronary angiography

Clinics, 2013
OBJECTIVES: To correlate the importance of the ankle-brachial index in terms of cardiovascular morbimortality and the extent of coronary arterial disease amongst elderly patients without clinical manifestations of lower limb peripheral arterial disease.
Eduardo D. E. Papa, Izo Helber, Manes R. Ehrlichmann, Claudia Maria Rodrigues Alves, Marcia Makdisse, Livia N. Matos, Jairo Lins Borges, Renato D. Lopes, Edson Stefanini, Antonio Carlos Carvalho   +9 more
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Study of correlations between metabolic risk factors, PWV and hypertension in college students

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2020
Objective: Obesity, dyslipidemia and diabetes have been recognized as risk factors of hypertension in the general population. This study focused on college students and correlations between serum lipids, serum uric acid, fasting plasma glucose, serum ...
Xiaoyi Ji, Haiying Zhao, Menglin Wang, Yaru Li, Chunli Zhang, Xinyu Wang   +5 more
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Effect of supervised exercise on physical function and balance in patients with intermittent claudication [PDF]

, 2014
Background The aim of the study was to identify whether a standard supervised exercise programme (SEP) for patients with intermittent claudication improved specific measures of functional performance including balance. Methods A prospective observational
Chetter, I. C., Coughlin, P. A., Gohil, R. A., Khan, J. A., Mazari, F., Mockford, K. A., Vanicek, N.   +6 more
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Physical Activity Levels in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Increases in daily physical activity levels is recommended for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). However, despite this recommendation, little is known about the physical activity patterns of PAD patients.
Correia, Marilia de Almeida, Cucato, Gabriel, Domingues, Wagner Jorge Ribeiro, Gerage, Aline Mendes, Oliveira, Paulo Mesquita Longano de, Palmeira, Aline Cabral, Puech-Leão, Pedro, Ritti-Dias, Raphael Mendes, Wolosker, Nelson, Zeratti, Antônio Eduardo   +9 more
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Predictive Value of Limb Artery Indices and Endothelial Functional Tests for the Degree of Coronary Artery Stenosis in a Diabetic Population

International Journal of General Medicine, 2021
Zihan Wang,1 Ying Chen,1 Shuying Lv,1 Ziyi Sun,1 Xiaoyan Lu,2 Li Huang,2 Lin Li2 1Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Integrative Cardiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, People ...
Wang Z, Chen Y, Lv S, Sun Z, Lu X, Huang L, Li L   +6 more
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Stages of health behavior change and factors associated with physical activity in patients with intermittent claudication [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To analyze, in people with intermittent claudication, the frequency of individuals who are in each of stages of health behavior change to practice physical activity, and analyze the association of these stages with the walking capacity ...
Barbosa, João Paulo dos Anjos Souza, Chehuen, Marcel da Rocha, Cucato, Gabriel, Dias, Raphael Mendes Ritti, Farah, Breno Quintella, Forjaz, Cláudia Lúcia de Moraes, Oliveira, Jacilene Guedes de, Wolosker, Nelson   +7 more
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Transcutaneous calf-muscle electro-stimulation : a prospective treatment for diabetic claudicants? [PDF]

, 2016
Background: First-line therapy for claudicants with diabetes include supervised exercise programmes to improve walking distance. However, exercise comes with a number of barriers and may be contraindicated in certain conditions. The aim of this study was
Ellul, Christian, Gatt, Alfred
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Ankle–Brachial Index and Cardiovascular Outcome [PDF]

Angiology, 2015
We read the article ‘‘The Ankle-Brachial Index is Associated With Cardiovascular Complications After Noncardiac Surgery’’ by Carmo et al with interest. They evaluated the role of ankle–brachial index (ABI) as a predictor of cardiovascular (CV) complications in patients with and without an abnormal ABI submitted to noncardiac surgery.
Murat, Unlu, Ali Osman, Yildirim, Mustafa, Demir, Cengiz, Ozturk, Turgay, Celik, Atila, Iyisoy   +5 more
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Association of hemoglobin with ankle-brachial index in general population

Clinics
OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have demonstrated that both low and high hemoglobin concentrations are predictive of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in various populations. However, an association of hemoglobin with the ankle-brachial index, which is widely
Zhang Chenglong, Lei Jing, Ke Xia, Tianlun Yang   +3 more
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