"Ankle Brachial Index" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Comparison of the BLOOD PRESSURE between the BRACHIAL ARTERY and the POSTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY. It is a predictor of PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D055109
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.370.140.049
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| Concept/Terms |
Ankle Brachial Index- Ankle Brachial Index
- Ankle Brachial Indices
- Brachial Index, Ankle
- Brachial Indices, Ankle
- Index, Ankle Brachial
- Indices, Ankle Brachial
- Ankle-Brachial Index
- Ankle-Brachial Indices
- Index, Ankle-Brachial
- Indices, Ankle-Brachial
Toe Brachial Index- Toe Brachial Index
- Brachial Index, Toe
- Brachial Indices, Toe
- Index, Toe Brachial
- Indices, Toe Brachial
- Toe Brachial Indices
- Toe-Brachial Index
- Index, Toe-Brachial
- Indices, Toe-Brachial
- Toe-Brachial Indices
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ankle Brachial Index" by people in Profiles.
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Risk Factors for Mortality Among Individuals With Peripheral Arterial Disease. Am J Cardiol. 2017 Sep 01; 120(5):862-867.
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The EPIC nitinol stent system in the treatment of iliac artery lesions: one-year results from the ORION clinical trial. J Endovasc Ther. 2014 Apr; 21(2):213-22.
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WOC nurse consult: misconceptions about the ankle brachial index. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2012 Jan-Feb; 39(1):47-8.
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The role of amputation as an outcome measure in cellular therapy for critical limb ischemia: implications for clinical trial design. J Transl Med. 2011 Sep 27; 9:165.
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Ethnic differences in the relationship of prediabetes with the presence of target-organ disease. Diabetes Metab. 2011 Nov; 37(5):403-9.
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Percutaneous revascularization of long femoral artery lesions for claudication: patency over 2.5 years and impact of systematic surveillance. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Jun 01; 77(7):1055-62.
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Are toe pressures measured by a portable photophlethysmograph equivalent to standard laboratory tests? J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2010 Sep-Oct; 37(5):475-86.