Post-Exercise Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index Demonstrates Altered Endothelial Function in the Elderly

BACKGROUND: The ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI), the ratio of the systolic blood pressure of the ankle to the systolic brachial pressure, is commonly measured at rest, but ABI values post-exercise enhance the sensitivity of the test and can be used to identify atherosclerotic vascular damage. Ho...

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Autores principales: Sato, Shinji, Masami, Kozue, Otsuki, Shingo, Tanaka, Shiro, Nakayama, Noriko, Makita, Shigeru, Koshiyama, Hiroyuki, Nohara, Ryuji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23885186
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/JCM.S7173

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