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Brachial‐ankle pulse wave velocity, but not ankle‐brachial index, predicts all‐cause mortality in patients with diabetes after lower extremity amputation

We examined whether brachial‐ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and ankle‐brachial pressure index (ABI) are predictors for mortality in diabetic patients after lower extremity amputation. This was an observational historical cohort study of 102 Japanese diabetic patients after first non‐traumatic low...

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Autores principales: Ikura, Kazuki, Hanai, Ko, Oka, Seiji, Watanabe, Makiko, Oda, Yuri, Hamada, Mariko, Kato, Yuka, Shinjyo, Takamichi, Uchigata, Yasuko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5334322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27422213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jdi.12554