Does calculation of ankle brachial pressure index need revision?

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-126

  Diehm, Curt ^a   Kareem, S ^a   Diehm, N ^b   Jansen, T ^a   Lawall, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial pressure index; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIBIAL ARTERY;

EID: 20444481411     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.34.2.123     Document Type: Review

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