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Ankle brachial pressure index?
BMJ, 2009We are surprised that the ankle brachial pressure index is not included in the Department of Health’s latest screening of vascular risk …
P. Chong, D. Gerrard, P. Leopold
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Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, 2019
Dear Editor,Having just served on a team that compiled a scoping review on the use of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) in screening for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in diabetes patients in middl...
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Dear Editor,Having just served on a team that compiled a scoping review on the use of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) in screening for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in diabetes patients in middl...
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2010
The ankle brachial index (ABI) is defined as the ratio of systolic blood pressures in the ankles to that in the arms. The arteries typically interrogated for calculating the ABI include the brachial arteries in the arms and the posterior tibial and/or dorsalis pedis arteries in the legs.
Matthew A. Allison, Mary M. McDermott
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The ankle brachial index (ABI) is defined as the ratio of systolic blood pressures in the ankles to that in the arms. The arteries typically interrogated for calculating the ABI include the brachial arteries in the arms and the posterior tibial and/or dorsalis pedis arteries in the legs.
Matthew A. Allison, Mary M. McDermott
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Ankle-brachial index in chronic kidney disease
Vasa, 2012Peripheral arterial disease is highly prevalent and the presence of peripheral arterial disease is a predictor of cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction, stroke and cardiovascular death [3, 9]. Importantly, while only a minority of peripheral arterial disease patients present typical symptoms like intermittent claudication, ulcers or rest ...
Christine, Espinola-Klein +2 more
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Ankle-brachial Index as a Clinical Tool
The American Journal of Medicine, 2012A 62-year-old woman with a medical history of smoking, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and diabetes presents to her primary care physician for evaluation of leg pain. She reports lower-extremity discomfort and fatigue that is exertional in nature but does not consistently resolve on rest.
Michael, Ghannam +3 more
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2015
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) has remained for a long time the most neglected part in the domain of cardiovascular diseases. The fact that the disease can remain completely asymptomatic for many years in a large number of patients plays an important role in this respect.
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Peripheral artery disease (PAD) has remained for a long time the most neglected part in the domain of cardiovascular diseases. The fact that the disease can remain completely asymptomatic for many years in a large number of patients plays an important role in this respect.
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Measuring ankle brachial pressure index
Practice Nursing, 2013When a patient presents with a leg ulcer, ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) measurements can help in providing key information to aid future treatment
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