Validation of the auscultatory method for diagnosing peripheral arterial disease

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-14

  Takahashi, Osamu ^a   Shimbo, Takuro ^b   Rahman, Mahbubur ^c   Musa, Rahman ^a   Kurokawa, Wataru ^d   Yoshinaka, Takeshi ^e   Fukui, Tsuguya ^f  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^d Kosei kai Yotsubashi Clinic   (Japan)

^e Kyoto Hoken Kai Kamigyo Hospital   (Japan)

^f ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Auscultation; Doppler; Peripheral arterial disease; Sensitivity and specificity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIBIAL ARTERY; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIAL ARTERIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 37849185895     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi034     Document Type: Article

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