Symptoms of chronic arterial insufficiency correlate with absolute ankle pressure better than with ankle: Brachial index

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 103-109

  Brothers, T E ^a,b   Esteban, R ^a   Robison, J G ^a   Elliott, B M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Doppler; Vascular diseases, peripheral; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034169523     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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