Ankle-arm index as a predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality in the Cardiovascular Health Study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 538-545

  Newman, Anne B ^a,h   Shemanski, Lynn ^b   Manolio, Teri A ^c   Cushman, Mary ^d   Mittelmark, Maurice ^e   Polak, Joseph F ^f   Powe, Neil R ^g   Siscovick, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle arm index; Ankle brachial pressure index; Cardiovascular diseases, epidemiology; Peripheral vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 0033012553     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.3.538     Document Type: Article

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