Automated photoplethysmography-based determination of ankle-brachial index: A validation study against Doppler sonography

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 875-883

  Beutner, Frank ^a   Teren, Andrej ^a   Gielen, Stephan ^a,b   Schuler, Gerhard ^a   Wirkner, Kerstin ^a   Tiller, Daniel ^c   Loeffler, Markus ^a   Scholz, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABI; Ankle brachial index; Borderline; Low normal ABI; Photoplethysmography; PPG; Vascular Explorer; Vicorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL DISEASE; MALE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PNEUMATIC CUFF; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; AREA UNDER CURVE; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84869147631     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-012-0471-z     Document Type: Article

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