Ankle brachial pressure index (observable entity)

Known as: Indices, Ankle Brachial, Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index, Ankle-Brachial Index 
Comparison of the BLOOD PRESSURE between the BRACHIAL ARTERY and the POSTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY. It is a predictor of PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Comparison of novel risk markers for improvement in cardiovascular risk assessment in intermediate-risk individuals.
CONTEXT Risk markers including coronary artery calcium, carotid intima-media thickness, ankle-brachial index, brachial flow… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Arterial stiffness and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: the Rotterdam Study.
BACKGROUND Arterial stiffness has been associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease in selected groups of patients. We… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Circulating endothelial progenitor cells are reduced in peripheral vascular complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
OBJECTIVES We sought to establish whether a reduction in endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has a putative role in peripheral… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Relationship of high and low ankle brachial index to all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality: the Strong Heart Study.
BACKGROUND The associations of low (<0.90) and high (>1.40) ankle brachial index (ABI) with risk of all-cause and cardiovascular… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Validity, reproducibility, and clinical significance of noninvasive brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity measurement.
The present study was conducted to evaluate the validity and reproducibility of noninvasive brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Therapeutic angiogenesis for patients with limb ischaemia by autologous transplantation of bone-marrow cells: a pilot study and a randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND Preclinical studies have established that implantation of bone marrow-mononuclear cells, including endothelial… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Predictors of congestive heart failure in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study.
OBJECTIVES We sought to characterize the predictors of incident congestive heart failure (CHF), as determined by central… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Ankle-arm index as a predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality in the Cardiovascular Health Study. The Cardiovascular Health Study Group.
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the legs, measured noninvasively by the ankle-arm index (AAI) is associated with clinically… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Constitutive expression of phVEGF165 after intramuscular gene transfer promotes collateral vessel development in patients with critical limb ischemia.
BACKGROUND Preclinical studies have indicated that angiogenic growth factors can stimulate the development of collateral arteries… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Ankle-arm index as a marker of atherosclerosis in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Cardiovascular Heart Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group.
BACKGROUND Peripheral arterial disease measured noninvasively by the ankle-arm index (AAI) is common in older adults, largely… (More)
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