Automated determination of the ankle-brachial index using an oscillometric blood pressure monitor: Validation vs. Doppler measurement and cardiovascular risk factor profile

Hypertension Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 825-830

  Kollias, Anastasios ^a   Xilomenos, Apostolos ^a   Protogerou, Athanase ^a   Dimakakos, Evangelos ^a   Stergiou, George S ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

ankle brachial index; atherosclerosis; blood pressure; oscillometry; peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79959989515     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2011.53     Document Type: Article

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