Critical review of the ankle brachial index

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-106

  Khan, Tahir H ^a   Farooqui, Falahat A ^a   Niazi, Khusrow ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABI Sensitivity and Specificity; Ankle Brachial index; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG DISEASE; LEG PAIN; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VARIANCE;

EID: 48249155448     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340308784245810     Document Type: Review

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