Healio

Vascular Profiling system reduces PAD detection time

The American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines for managing patients with peripheral arterial disease advocate for a more proactive evaluation of patients at risk for the ...
Nature

Combination of pulse volume recording (PVR) parameters and ankle–brachial index (ABI) improves diagnostic accuracy for peripheral arterial disease compared with ABI alone

The ankle–brachial index (ABI) measurement is widely used as a screening tool to detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD). With the advent of the oscillometric ABI device incorporating a system for ...
Nature

Ankle–brachial index is associated with site and extent of atherothrombosis

Atherothrombosis causes major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular mortality and morbidity, but early identification of individuals at risk is problematic. Ankle–brachial index (ABI) has been proposed ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Inclusion of ABI May Better Detect Vascular Disease

AHA: Rivaroxaban Tied to Lower Brain Bleed Risk in A-Fib Inclusion of the ankle/brachial index (ABI) may better identify vascular disease in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF).
Medscape

Nonoperative Active Management of Critical Limb Ischemia: Initial Experience Using a Sequential Compression Biomechanical Device for Limb Salvage

From 2004 to 2006 we performed a prospective parallel group longitudinal observational study in a tertiary referral specialist vascular center. On average, 550 patients are referred annually to our ...