Peripheral artery disease assessed by ankle-brachial index in patients with established cardiovascular disease or at least one risk factor for atherothrombosis - CAREFUL Study: A national, multi-center, cross-sectional observational study

Bozkurt, Ahmet; Tasci, Ilker; Tabak, Ömür; Gumus, Mehmet; Kaplan, Yesim

doi:10.1186/1471-2261-11-4

Peripheral artery disease assessed by ankle-brachial index in patients with established cardiovascular disease or at least one risk factor for atherothrombosis - CAREFUL Study: A national, multi-center, cross-sectional observational study

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Bozkurt A. K., Tasci I., Tabak O., Gumus M., Kaplan Y.

BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS, cilt.11, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 11
Basım Tarihi: 2011
Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1471-2261-11-4
Dergi Adı: BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: To investigate the presence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) via the ankle brachial index (ABI) in patients with known cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular diseases or with at least one risk factor for atherothrombosis.