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Screen-detected abnormal ankle brachial index: A risk indicator for future cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with manifest cardiovascular disease

OBJECTIVES: The ankle brachial index (ABI) can be used to diagnose peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The clinical relevance of the ABI, especially in patients with known clinically manifest cardiovascular disease (CVD), is unknown. The authors set out to investigate the relationship between a scree...

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Autores principales: Jagt, Vivianne L., Hazenberg, Constantijn E. V. B., Kapelle, Jaap, Cramer, Maarten J., Visseren, Frank L. J., Westerink, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8912207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35271641
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265050