Is the ankle-brachial index a useful screening test for subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic, middle-aged adults?

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 50-54

  Wyman, Rachael A ^a   Keevil, Jon G ^a   Busse, Kjersten L ^a   Aeschlimann, Susan E ^a   Korcarz, Claudia E ^a   Stein, James H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MC 3248 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ORDER; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANKLE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33749029277     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: 10981861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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