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The importance of community screening of asymptomatic elderly for peripheral arterial disease by Doppler ultrasound and ankle-brachial index

BACKGROUND: Peripheral arterial disease is an atherosclerotic disease characterized by an increase in morbidity and mortality. For these reasons early diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease is important. Ankle-brachial systolic pressure index measurement is frequently used in screening studies. Ev...

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Autores principales: Keven, Ayşe, Durmaz, Mehmet Sedat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medical Communications Sp. z o.o. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5769662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29375897
http://dx.doi.org/10.15557/JoU.2017.0034