Diagnostic Value of Ankle-Brachial Index in Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Meta-analysis

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 492-498

  Xu, Dachun ^a   Zou, Liling ^a,b   Xing, Yan ^a   Hou, Lei ^a   Wei, Yidong ^a   Zhang, Ji ^a   Qiao, Yongxia ^a   Hu, Dayi ^a   Xu, Yawei ^a   Li, Jue ^a,b   Ma, Yunsheng ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875627584     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.06.014     Document Type: Review

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