Utility of ankle-brachial index in screening for peripheral arterial disease in rural India: A cross-sectional study and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is an underdiagnosed illness often affecting the elderly population. Ankle brachial index (ABI) is a good diagnostic tool for PAD in outpatient practice, but remains underused. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients were recruited from an outpatient medical cam...

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Autores principales: Tummala, Ramyashree, Banerjee, Kinjal, Mahajan, Kapil, Ravakhah, Keyvan, Gupta, Anjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Research Brief
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5993915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29716715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2017.07.012

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