The intra- and interobserver variability of ankle-arm blood pressure index according to its mode of calculation

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-220

  Aboyans, Victor ^a   Lacroix, Philippe ^a   Lebourdon, Arnaud ^a   Preux, Pierre Marie ^a   Ferrières, Jean ^b   Laskar, Mare ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Latherosclerosis; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DORSAL PEDAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIBIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0037368543     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(02)00584-X     Document Type: Article

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