Screening for peripheral arterial disease: The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of noninvasive tests in a defined population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 526-534

  Feigelson, Heather Spencer ^a,b   Criqui, Michael H ^b,c   Fronek, Arnost ^b   Langer, Robert D ^b   Molgaard, Craig A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peripheral vascular diseases; Predictive value of tests; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLAUDICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; TIBIAL ARTERY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIBIA;

EID: 0028094644     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117279     Document Type: Article

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