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The prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in diabetic subjects in south-west Nigeria [PDF]
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2012 Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is rarely sought for and generally underdiagnosed even in diabetics in developing countries like Nigeria.
Bolaji O. Oyelade +4 more
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Non-invasive assessment of peripheral arterial disease: Automated ankle brachial index measurement and pulse volume analysis compared to duplex scan [PDF]
SAGE Open Medicine, 2016 Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed to individually and cumulatively compare sensitivity and specificity of the (1) ankle brachial index and (2) pulse volume waveform analysis recorded by the same automated device, with the presence or absence ...
Jane EA Lewis +2 more
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Ankle/brachial index to everyone. [PDF]
BMC Surgery, 2012 In the last years significant attention has been paid in identifying markers of subclinical atherosclerosis or of increased cardiovascular risk.
Andreina Carbone +14 more
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Ankle-brachial index in HIV infection [PDF]
AIDS Research and Therapy, 2009 Prognosis for patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has improved with the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Evidence over recent years suggests that the incidence of cardiovascular disease is increasing in HIV ...
Martos Francisco +7 more
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Pitfalls in the ankle-brachial index and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity
Vascular Health and Risk Management, 2018 Dai Ato Gakujutsu Shien Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Background: The ankle-brachial index (ABI) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) are indices of atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness.
Ato D
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Ankle-brachial index in coronary artery disease
Clinics, 2014 Dear Editor, We have read the article “Ankle-brachial index as a predictor of coronary disease events in elderly patients submitted to coronary angiography” by Eduardo D. E. Papa et al. (1). These authors aimed to evaluate the value of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) as a marker of cardiovascular events in elderly patients and to evaluate the ...
Sevket Balta +5 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background The ankle-brachial index measurement is used for screening and diagnosis of lower-extremity peripheral artery disease and cardiovascular risk assessment.
Tatsuya Maruhashi +5 more
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Acute effects of difference in glucose intake on arterial stiffness in healthy subjects
Cardiology Journal, 2021 BACKGROUND: Post-prandial hyperglycemia is associated with higher cardiovascular risk, which causes arterial stiffening and impaired function. Although post-prandial increases in blood glucose are proportional to the level of intake, the acute effects of
Ryota Kobayashi +6 more
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مجلة كلية الطب, 2021 Background: A significant proportion of patients with ischemic heart disease have been associated with peripheral arterial disease, yet it is still underestimated by our health system as many of patients are asymptomatic and this condition remains under ...
Osama A. Altaei, Abbass N. Al-Sharifi
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Clinical Effect Analysis of Spinal Cord Electrical Stimulator Implantation for Diabetic Foot
Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, EarlyView., 2021 Abstract Objective To investigate the clinical effect of spinal cord electrical stimulator implantation in the treatment of diabetic foot (DF). Materials and Methods We recruited 19 patients with DF who were admitted to Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University between January 2018 and May 2020.
Peng‐Bo Zhou, Min Bao
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