Regarding: "A modified calculation of ankle-brachial pressure index is far more sensitive in the detection of peripheral arterial disease"

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 617-618

  Aboyans, Victor ^a   Lacroix, Philippe ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; HUMANS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548386524     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.09.072     Document Type: Letter

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