Ankle Brachial Pressure Index: Identifying cardiovascular risk and improving diagnostic accuracy

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-5

  Bhasin, N ^a   Scott, D J A ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTHRITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHIALGIA; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG PAIN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ANKLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847707799     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.1.4     Document Type: Editorial

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