Current utility of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) in general practice: implications for its use in cardiovascular disease screening

BACKGROUND: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a marker of systemic atherosclerosis and associated with a three to six fold increased risk of death from cardiovascular causes. Furthermore, it is typically asymptomatic and under-diagnosed; this has resulted in escalating calls for the instigation o...

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Autores principales: Davies, Jane H, Kenkre, Joyce, Williams, E Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24742018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-69

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4021160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24742018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-69

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