Ankle-to-brachial ratio index underestimates the prevalence of peripheral occlusive disease in diabetic atients at high risk for arterial disease

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Potier, Louis ^a   Halbron, Marine ^a   Bouilloud, Florence ^a   Dadon, Michel ^a   Doeuff, Josette Le ^a   Van Ha, Georges ^a   Grimaldi, André ^a   Hartemann Heurtier, Agnès ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOT ULCER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; NEUROPATHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEX RATIO;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIBIAL ARTERIES;

EID: 65349103920     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-2015     Document Type: Letter

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