The Exercise Ankle-Brachial Index A Leap Forward in Noninvasive Diagnosis and Prognosis

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1245-1247

  Drachman, Douglas E ^a   Beckman, Joshua A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ankle brachial index; exercise; peripheral artery disease

Indexed keywords

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; EXERCISE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG PAIN; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MEDICARE; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; LOWER LIMB; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84939486546     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.06.006     Document Type: Editorial

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