Relation of the Ankle Brachial Index to Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-132

  Rizvi, Syed ^a   Kamran, Haroon ^b   Salciccioli, Louis ^b   Saiful, Faisal ^a   Lafferty, James ^a   Lazar, Jason M ^b  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 72049118705     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.08.664     Document Type: Article

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