Pocket Doppler and vascular laboratory equipment yield comparable results for ankle brachial index measurement

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nicolaï, Saskia P A ^a   Kruidenier, Lotte M ^a   Rouwet, Ellen V ^a   Wetzels Gulpers, Liliane ^a   Rozeman, Constantijn A M ^a   Prins, Martin H ^b   Teijink, Joep A W ^a  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANKLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 54249162033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-8-26     Document Type: Article

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