Profound influence of different methods for determination of the ankle brachial index on the prevalence estimate of peripheral arterial disease

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lange, Stefan F ^a,h   Trampisch, Hans Joachim ^a   Pittrow, David ^b   Darius, Harald ^c   Mahn, Matthias ^d   Allenberg, Jens R ^e   Tepohl, Gerhart ^f   Haberl, Roman L ^g   Diehm, Curt ^e  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Vivantes Neukolln Medical Center   (Germany)

^d Sanofi Aventis   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f Internist/Vascular Medicine   (Germany)

^g Harlaching Hospital   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE IQWIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIBIAL ARTERY; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RISK; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34548165753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-147     Document Type: Article

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