作者
Victor Aboyans, Michael H Criqui, Pierre Abraham, Matthew A Allison, Mark A Creager, Curt Diehm, F Gerry R Fowkes, William R Hiatt, Björn Jönsson, Philippe Lacroix, Benôıt Marin, Mary M McDermott, Lars Norgren, Reena L Pande, Pierre-Marie Preux, HE Stoffers, Diane Treat-Jacobson
发表日期
2012/12/11
来源
Circulation
卷号
126
期号
24
页码范围
2890-2909
出版商
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
简介
The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is the ratio of the systolic blood pressure (SBP) measured at the ankle to that measured at the brachial artery. Originally described by Winsor1 in 1950, this index was initially proposed for the noninvasive diagnosis of lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD). 2, 3 Later, it was shown that the ABI is an indicator of atherosclerosis at other vascular sites and can serve as a prognostic marker for cardiovascular events and functional impairment, even in the absence of symptoms of PAD. 4–6
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