Oscillometric measurement of ankle-brachial index in patients with suspected peripheral vascular disease: Comparison with Doppler method

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 357-363

  Diehm, Nicolas ^a   Dick, Florian ^a,b   Czuprin, Carsten ^a   Lawall, Holger ^c   Baumgartner, Iris ^a   Diehm, Curt ^c  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse cardiovascular events; Ankle brachial index; Atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 67650457400     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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