Abnormal ankle brachial index and the presence of significant coronary artery disease

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-82

  Hakeem, Fuad ^a   Siddique, Saulat ^a   Saboor, Qazi A ^a  

^a Sheikh Zayed Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

ABI (Ankle brachial index); CAD (Coronary artery disease); Coronary angiography; Risk association

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LEG ULCER; MALE;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77949822228     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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