Prevalence of peripheral artery disease by abnormal ankle-brachial index in atrial fibrillation: Implications for risk and therapy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2255-2256

  Violi, Francesco ^a   Daví, Giovanni ^b   Hiatt, William ^c   Lip, Gregory Y H ^d   Corazza, Gino R ^e   Perticone, Francesco ^f   Proietti, Marco ^a   Pignatelli, Pasquale ^a   Vestri, Anna R ^a   Basili, Stefania ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; cardiovascular disease; peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANTICOAGULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHA2DS2 VASC SCORE; CHADS2 SCORE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84889804037     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.035     Document Type: Letter

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