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ABPI against Colour Duplex Scan: A Screening Tool for Detection of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Low Resource Setting Approach to Validation

Background. In Sri Lanka the ABPI has not been used as a screening tool to detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in epidemiological studies. This study was conducted to determine the best cutoff value of ABPI to detect PAD in Sri Lankan population. Methods. The ABPI measured by arterial Doppler t...

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Autores principales: Weragoda, Janaka, Seneviratne, Rohini, Weerasinghe, Manuj C., Wijeyaratne, S. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27034837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1390475