ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021
Automated Measurements of Ankle-Brachial Index: A Narrative Review.
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- Automated devices for identifying peripheral arterial disease in people with leg ulceration: an evidence synthesis and cost-effectiveness analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Ankle-Brachial Index and Lifestyle Factors Among Women of Reproductive and Postmenopausal Age: A Cross-Sectional Study from Primary Care Settings in Croatia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical Significance of Peripheral Arterial Disease Evaluation in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Comparison of the effects of drug-coated balloon and bare metal stent in the treatment of lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Non-Hypertensive Effects of Aldosterone.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Identifying Risk Factors for Lower Extremity Artery Disease (LEAD) in Cardiology Patients: The Role of Ankle-Brachial Index Measurement.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Duplex ultrasound and pedal acceleration time as tools to evaluate foot perfusion: a literature review.Jornal vascular brasileiro · 2024Review
- Screening for Peripheral Artery Disease Using an Automated Four-Limb Blood Pressure Monitor Equipped with Toe-Brachial Index Measurement.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- 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
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Abstract
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is an atherosclerotic disease that causes obstruction in lower limb arteries. It increases cardiovascular risk even in asymptomatic patients. Accurate diagnostic tools for identification of affected individuals are needed. Recently, there have been attempts to establish a reliable method of automated ankle-brachial index (ABI) identification. A search of PubMed database to identify studies assessing automatic ABI measurements in agreement with standard PAD diagnosis methods was conducted in December 2020. A total of 57 studies were analyzed in the review. The majority of analyzed studies found ABI measured by automatic oscillometric devices to be potentially feasible for use. Some note that, even though the Doppler and oscillometric methods are not fully interchangeable, the oscillometric devices could be used in screening. Significantly fewer publications are available on automatic plethysmographic devices. For photoplethysmography, most studies reported either good or moderate agreement with reference standards. For air plethysmography, poorer agreement with Doppler ABI is suggested. It is noted that pulse volume recording (PVR) function may improve the diagnostic accuracy of the devices.
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