To screen or not to screen for peripheral arterial disease in subjects aged 80 and over in primary health care: a cross-sectional analysis from the BELFRAIL study

BACKGROUND: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is common in older people. An ankle-brachial index (ABI) < 0.9 can be used as an indicator of PAD. Patients with low ABI have increased mortality and a higher risk of serious cardiovascular morbidity. However, because 80% of the patients are asymptoma...

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Autores principales: Bergiers, Stein, Vaes, Bert, Degryse, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21605447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-39

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21605447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-39

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