ankle–brachial pressure index
Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI): An update for practitioners
... The Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI) test is widely used by a diverse range of practitioners (in the community and hospital setting) in order to screen asymptomatic patients, diagnose ...
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Importance of Ankle/Brachial Pressure Index in Saudi Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
... The ankle/brachial pressure index (ABPI) has been shown to be a good marker of systemic atherosclerosis and a powerful predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and ...
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Comparison of ankle brachial pressure index and pulse wave velocity as markers of cognitive function in a community dwelling population
... The brachial-ankle PWV (ba-PWV), which reflects left ventricular structure and function, was used in the present research to assess the arterial stiffness, whereas the carotid-femoral PWV (cf-PWV), a marker ...
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Compression therapy following ClariVein® ablation therapy: a randomised controlled trial of COMpression Therapy Following MechanO Chemical Ablation (COMMOCA)
... Exclusion criteria are as follows: previous or current deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism; patients with a hypercoagulable state; patients on warfarin or novel oral anticoagulants; patients with previous ...
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Efficacy and Feasibility of Pain management and Patient Education for Physical Activity in Intermittent claudication (PrEPAID): protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... Abbreviations ABPI: Ankle-brachial pressure index; ACD: Absolute claudication distance; CRF: Clinical Research Facility; CSO: Chief Science Office; DESMOND: Diabetes Education and Self-M[r] ...
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... Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is a major threat worldwide. Indians are at a 3 to 4 fold greater risk for development of CAD than the rest of the world population [1-3]. In the Indian subcontinent there is a rising trend ...
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Ankle Arm Pressure Index in Coronary Arterial Disease patients in Tertiary Care Centre, as compared with normal population
... described Ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) test as a “simple, inexpensive, noninvasive measure” of peripheral arterial disease and stated that an abnormal ABI “provides incremental ...
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Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of lower limb intermittent claudication: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (the SHOCKWAVE 1 trial)
... There is significant research suggesting a neovascularisa- tion/angiogenic response to ESWT when applied to soft tissue. However, only several small, low-level research trials have investigated the use of ESWT in ...
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ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX (ABI) IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUSProf. Dr. Bikha Ram Devrajani , Prof. Dr. Shamsuddin Shaikh *, Dr. Naveed Aslam Lashari , Dr. Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah, Dr. Sajjad Ali DOWNLOAD/VIEW
... The ankle- brachial index (ABI) is a simple technique and accessible to detect the presence of obstructive artery of lower limbs [6, 7], Various studies have shown that a reduced value, usually lower ...
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Cardiac rehabilitation versus standard care after aortic aneurysm repair (Aneurysm CaRe): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... blood pressure, HbA1C, BNP, troponin, hsCRP, fibrinogen, homocysteine, urate, eGFR, serum insulin levels and echocardiographic measures of cardiac ...BMI, ankle-brachial pressure index ...
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Angiography (NCE-MRA) in Peripheral Arterial Disease as Compared to Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography (CE-MRA) and Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA)
... 107 APPENDIX 3ABBREVIATIONS: ABI- Ankle- brachial index ABPI - Ankle- brachial pressure index ACC/AHA- American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association AKI- acute kidney injury[r] ...
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Mechanochemical ablation versus cyanoacrylate adhesive for the treatment of varicose veins: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... ABPI: Ankle Brachial Pressure Index; AE: Adverse events; AVF: American Venous Forum; AVVQ: Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire; CAE: Cyanoacrylate adhesive injection; CEAP: Clinical Aetiology ...
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Stromal vascular fraction cells for the treatment of critical limb ischemia: a pilot study
... Fifteen patients (from 35 to 77 years old) with CLI were enrolled in this study, which was conducted between April 2014 and May 2015. All patients were suffering from arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO). Surgical bypass ...
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Pulse volume recording for peripheral vascular disease diagnosis in diabetes patients
... blood pressure in the extremities and calculating an ankle brachial index ...the pressure– pulse of the arteries in the lower limbs is an important tool for evaluating patients with ...
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Relationship between percentage of mean arterial pressure at the ankle and mortality in participants with normal ankle-brachial index: an observational study
... device (VP1000; Colin Co Ltd, Komaki, Japan). Each participant was examined in the supine position after having rested for at least 5 min, with electrocardio- graphic electrodes on both wrists, and cuffs on both arms and ...
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Comparison of various lipid parameters in association of target organ damage: a cohort study
... (II) ankle-brachial index (ABI) and (III) estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with one-SD increment of various lipid parameters ...blood pressure and lipid lowering therapy, together ...
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The reliability of the ankle brachial index: a systematic review
... systolic pressure measurements, calculating ABI values, and incomplete reporting of methodologies and statistical analysis make it difficult to determine the validity of the results of included ...
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Brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity, cardio-ankle vascular index, and prognosis
... blood pressure and ABI measurement, we must recognize that there are a few minor differences between VP and ...blood pressure measurement using VS is basically performed through the sequential method (from ...
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Study of Ankle Brachial Index in Systemic Hypertension
... Epidemiologic studies have shown that there is a gradual but definite increase in cardiovascular risk with increasing blood pressure above even “normal” values of 110/75 mm Hg [1][4][5][6][7] . So the concept of ...
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Ankle to brachial systolic pressure index at rest increases with age in asymptomatic physically active participants
... 2 Ankle to brachial systolic arterial pressure index (ABI) has largely been vali- dated as an accurate way of detecting periph- eral artery disease (PAD), even in asymptomatic ...
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