Who should have the ankle-arm index measured?;¿a quin medir el ndice tobillo-brazo?

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 312-313

  Mostaza, José María ^a   Lahoz, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; PATIENT SELECTION;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 77956175575     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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