Interpretation and significance of ankle-brachial systolic pressure index

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 86-94

  Ko, Sae Hee ^a   Bandyk, Dennis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY INJURY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WOUND HEALING; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84896278539     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: 15584518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2014.01.002     Document Type: Review

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