Evaluation of simple non-invasive techniques for assessment of lower extremity arterial disease

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 129-134

  Sahli, David ^a   Svensson, Maria ^a   Lidgren, Joakim ^a   Öjbrandt, Kristina ^a   Eriksson, Jan W ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ankle blood pressure; Diabetes mellitus; Reproducibility; Screening; Toe blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUFF; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOE;

EID: 20344363431     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2005.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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