Risk Factors Related to Low Ankle-Brachial Index Measured by Traditional and Modified Definition in Hypertensive Elderly Patients

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) increases with age and ankle-brachial index (ABI) ≤ 0.9 is a noninvasive marker of PAD. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors related to a low ABI in the elderly using two different methods of ABI calculation (traditional and modified definition usi...

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Autores principales: Monteiro, Raphael, Marto, Renata, Neves, Mario Fritsch
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3376503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22720134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/163807

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3376503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22720134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/163807

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