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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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| 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 |