Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of lower limb intermittent claudication: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (the SHOCKWAVE 1 trial)
... ABPI: Ankle-brachial pressure index; BMI: Body mass index; BMT: Best medical treatment; CI: Confidence interval; CILLI: Clinical indicator of lower limb ischaemia; CLI: Critical limb ...
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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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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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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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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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... 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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Relationship between percentage of mean arterial pressure at the ankle and mortality in participants with normal ankle-brachial index: an observational study
... certain pressure to occlude the venous circulation, we can ensure that the volume changes detected by the transducer are solely attributable to arterial ...
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Gender differences in the progression of target organ damage in patients with increased insulin resistance: the LOD-DIABETES study
... the ankle-brachial index (ABI) and was calculated in the morning for patients who had not drank coffee or smoked tobacco for at least 8 h prior to the ...The pressure in the lower limbs was ...
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Ankle-Brachial Index determination and peripheral arterial disease diagnosis by an oscillometric blood pressure device in primary care: validation and diagnostic accuracy study
... therefore this was not a true measure of test perform- ance in primary care. Nicholai et al 19 and Aboyens 20 had similar limitations. Verberk et al 21 conducted a systematic review of automated oscillometric devices ...
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Association between Ankle-Brachial Index and Erectile Dysfunction
... Several studies show an association between PAD and ED (Spessoto et al., 2010; 2016). Polonsky et al. (2009), on studying 690 patients and characterizing patients with PAD as those with ABI ≤ 0.9, proved that ED is an ...
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Study of Ankle Brachial Index in Systemic Hypertension
... Vascular volume seems to be the major determinant of arterial blood pressure in the long run. Extracellular fluid volume is mainly dependant on sodium ion which is a major extracellular cation. When sodium ...
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The reliability of the ankle brachial index: a systematic review
... that brachial blood pressure measurement is also less reliable in these individuals ...blood pressure regulation, with a lack of vasoconstriction arising from reduced sympathetic input, particularly ...
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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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