Can we measure the ankle - Brachial index using only a stethoscope? A pilot study

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-26

  Carmo, Gabriel ^a   Mandil, A ^b   Nascimento, B R ^a   Arantes, B D ^a   Bittencourt, J C ^c   Falqueto, E B ^a   Ribeiro, A L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL FELÍCIO ROCHO   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas de Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Peripheral arterial disease; Stethoscope

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STETHOSCOPE;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; STETHOSCOPES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 59849128668     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmn086     Document Type: Article

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