A prospective comparison of bilateral photoplethysmography versus the ankle-brachial pressure index for detecting and quantifying lower limb peripheral arterial disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 794-802

  Allen, John ^a   Overbeck, Klaus ^b   Nath, Alexander F ^b   Murray, Alan ^a   Stansby, Gerard ^b  

^a Regional Medical Physics Department   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOT; GOLD STANDARD; HALLUX; HEART RATE; HEIGHT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEG ARTERY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCREENING; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME; TOE; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE; TOES;

EID: 41149129793     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.11.057     Document Type: Article

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