Sensitivity and specificity of the ankle-brachial index to diagnose peripheral artery disease: A structured review

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 361-369

  Xu, Dachun ^a,b   Li, Jue ^a,c   Zou, Liling ^a   Xu, Yawei ^a,b   Hu, Dayi ^a   Pagoto, Sherry L ^d   Ma, Yunsheng ^d  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; ankle brachial index; peripheral artery disease; sensitivity; specifcity

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957832055     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X10378376     Document Type: Article

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