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The role of ankle-brachial index for predicting peripheral arterial disease.
Review in Maedica, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Effectiveness of Foot-Ankle Exercise and Walking Exercise on Foot Neuropathy, Stress, Quality of Life, Blood Sugar Markers, Blood Pressure, Ankle-Brachial Index, and BMI Among Diabetes Mellitus Patients
A Pilot Study of Feasibility and Exploratory Study for a Definitive Randomised Controlled Trial of Foot-Ankle Versus Walking Exercises in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Effects on Neuropathy, Stress, and Quality of Life
Who cites it
40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Prognostic value of acylcarnitine-to-free carnitine ratio in ischemic stroke: associations with systemic inflammation and atherosclerosis.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Cross-sectional study of lipoprotein(a) and the severity of coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease in a group of South Asian patients.Cardiovascular endocrinology & metabolism · 2025Article
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- Relationship between vascular aging and left ventricular geometry in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome-related hypertension.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Serum Trimethylamine N-Oxide Levels as a Predictor of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
- Serum tissue plasminogen activator after cycling with blood flow restriction.Vascular biology (Bristol, England) · 2025Article
- Surfactant protein-D is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in men with peripheral artery disease diagnosed by population-based screening.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
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- Association between Statin use and Incident Peripheral Artery Disease According to Race, Age, and Presence of Depression in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Annals of vascular surgery · 2024Article
- New insight of the efficacy trimetazidine in patients with peripheral arterial disease: a meta-analysis.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2024Review
- Arterial and venous peripheral vascular assessment using wearable electro-resistive morphic sensors.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Blood flow restricted walking in patients suffering from intermittent claudication: a case series feasibility and safety study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- The Association between Ankle-Brachial Index/Pulse Wave Velocity and Cerebral Large and Small Vessel Diseases in Stroke Patients.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Presence of asymptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease in combination with common risk factors elevates the cardiovascular risk Substantially.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2022Article
- Magnesium intake and vascular structure and function: the Hoorn Study.European journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Initial Management and Recognition of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease, A Case Report.Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Prevalence and determinants of peripheral arterial disease in children with nephrotic syndrome.PloS one · 2022Article
- Correlation between the ankle-brachial index and microalbuminuria with certain risk factors in type 2 diabetes patients.Cardiovascular endocrinology & metabolism · 2021Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The presence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is associated with higher cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, regardless of gender or its clinical form of presentation (symptomatic or asymptomatic). PAD is considered an independent predictor for cardiovascular mortality, more important for survival than clinical history of coronary artery disease. The ankle brachial index (ABI) is a sensitive and cost-effective screening tool for PAD. ABI is valuable for screening of peripheral artery disease in patients at risk and for diagnosing the disease in patients who present with lower-extremity symptoms. Compared to other diagnostic methods, ABI is superior because it is s a simple, noninvasive test, which could be routinely determined in all patients. Normal cut-off values for ABI are between 0.9 and 1.4. An abnormal ankle-brachial index- below 0.9-is a powerful independent marker of cardiovascular risk. There is an inverse correlation between ABI values, non-fatal cardiac events (myocardial infarction, stroke and heart failure exacerbation) and mortality (cardiovascular and global), the relation being nonlinear, patients with very low ABI (<0.3) having a significantly higher additional risk. Also, ABI values over 1.3-1.4 correlate with major adverse cardiovascular events. Therefore, ABI can be considered a generalized atherosclerotic predictor, identifying patients at high risk for developing cardio- or cerebrovascular events and should be incorporated into routine clinical practice.
Identifiers
25705296PMC4306002W115276780What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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