ArticleSAGE open medicine2016
Non-invasive assessment of peripheral arterial disease: Automated ankle brachial index measurement and pulse volume analysis compared to duplex scan.
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- Assessing Automatic Plethysmographic Ankle-Brachial Index Devices in Peripheral Artery Disease Detection: A Comparative Study with Doppler Ankle-Brachial Index Measurements.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Findings of a Novel Barbershop-Based Peripheral Artery Disease Screening Program for Black Men.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Automated Measurements of Ankle-Brachial Index: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Combining diabetic foot and retinopathy screening: A step in the right direction? - a feasibility study.SAGE open medicine · 2020Article
- Peripheral Arterial Disease and Its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.Journal of diabetes research · 2020Article
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- Validity of Ankle Brachial Index using Palpation Method in Screening for Peripheral Arterial Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in the Philippines.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2018Article
- Accuracy of Peripheral Arterial Disease Registers in UK General Practice: Case-Control Study.Journal of primary care & community healthObservational
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Abstract
objectivesThis cross-sectional study aimed to individually and cumulatively compare sensitivity and specificity of the (1) ankle brachial index and (2) pulse volume waveform analysis recorded by the same automated device, with the presence or absence of peripheral arterial disease being verified by ultrasound duplex scan.
methodsPatients (n=205) referred for lower limb arterial assessment underwent ankle brachial index measurement and pulse volume waveform recording using volume plethysmography, followed by ultrasound duplex scan. The presence of peripheral arterial disease was recorded if ankle brachial index <0.9; pulse volume waveform was graded as 2, 3 or 4; or if haemodynamically significant stenosis >50% was evident with ultrasound duplex scan. Outcome measure was agreement between the measured ankle brachial index and interpretation of pulse volume waveform for peripheral arterial disease diagnosis, using ultrasound duplex scan as the reference standard.
resultsSensitivity of ankle brachial index was 79%, specificity 91% and overall accuracy 88%. Pulse volume waveform sensitivity was 97%, specificity 81% and overall accuracy 85%. The combined sensitivity of ankle brachial index and pulse volume waveform was 100%, specificity 76% and overall accuracy 85%.
conclusionCombining these two diagnostic modalities within one device provided a highly accurate method of ruling out peripheral arterial disease, which could be utilised in primary care to safely reduce unnecessary secondary care referrals.
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