Automated oscillometric determination of the ankle-brachial index: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Hypertension Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 883-891

  Verberk, Willem J ^a,b   Kollias, Anastasios ^c   Stergiou, George S ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Microlife Corporation   (Taiwan)

^c SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

ankle brachial index; blood pressure measurement; Doppler; oscillometric; peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARM BLOOD FLOW; AUTOMATED OSCILLOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OSCILLOMETRY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; OSCILLOMETRY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84865982363     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.83     Document Type: Review

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