Ankle-brachial index screening for peripheral artery disease in asymptomatic patients between 50 and 70 years of age

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1611-1619

  Kravos, Andrej ^a,b   Bubnic Sotosek K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Atherosclerosis; Elderly patients; Peripheral arterial disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 70449721753     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000903700540     Document Type: Article

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