Validation of a method for determination of the ankle-brachial index in the seated position

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1204-1210

  Gornik, Heather L ^a   Garcia, Bobby ^a   Wolski, Kathy ^a   Jones, David C ^b   Macdonald, Kate A ^a   Fronek, Arnost ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Summit Doppler Systems Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 55149116952     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.06.052     Document Type: Article

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