Peripheral artery disease and hypertension: The relation between ankle- brachial index and mortality

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 762-765

  Karthikeyan, V J ^a   Lip, G Y H ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548842768     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002219     Document Type: Note

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