Metabolic Syndrome and Asymptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease in Subjects Over 60 Years of Age
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Metabolic syndrome and asymptomatic peripheral artery disease in subjects over 60 years of age.
The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is a noninvasive, low-cost, and useful test for detecting asymptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD). An ABI 0.9 has a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 99% in identifying PAD when compared with arteriography (1). A low ABI predicts risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, PAD events, and stroke (2,3). Although an elevated prevalence of a low A...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes Care
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0149-5992,0149-5992
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.29.1.148