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Discordant Values in Lower Extremity Physiologic Studies Predict Increased Cardiovascular Risk

BACKGROUND: Ankle‐brachial indexes (ABI) are a noninvasive diagnostic tool for peripheral arterial disease and a marker of increased cardiovascular risk. ABI is calculated using the highest systolic blood pressure of the 4 ankle arteries (bilateral dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial). Accordingly,...

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Autores principales: Firth, Christine, Tseng, Andrew S., Abdelmalek, Mina, Girardo, Marlene, Atwal, Danish, Cooper, Leslie, McBane, Robert, Pollak, Amy, Liedl, David, Wennberg, Paul, Shamoun, Fadi Elias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7428982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32419570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.015398