Can Measuring the Ankle-Brachial Index Improve Public Health?

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

卷:52

Article

Hiatt, William R.

关键词: peripheral vascular disease;    cardiovascular diseases;    risk factors;    morbidity;    mortality;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jacc.2008.08.035

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis, with a prevalence ranging from 4% in the healthy U. S. adult population over the age of 40 years, to 29% in patients screened in primary care offices, with diabetes, cigarette smoking, and age as risk factors (1,2). Peripheral artery disease is highly associated with the risk of cardiovascular ischemic events and excess total mortality. Identification and quantification of this systemic risk have been established from numerous population-based and observational case-control studies, which have profound public health implications.

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