Ankle brachial index as a predictor of generalized atherosclerosis.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-88342
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess ankle brachial index (ABI) as a screening method to target subclinical atherosclerosis in middle aged individuals. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Total 160 patients over the age of 40 years were included in the study for a period of 16 months. Their ABI was determined either by colour Doppler method (30 patients) and/or sphygmomanometry (all 160 patients). A value of < 0.9 was taken as cutoff point for significant stenosis.RESULTS:
Total 69 patients out of total of 160 had significantly low ABI value (43.12%) which shows that there is a very high incidence of low ABI in the community. Overall > 50% of the patients were largely asymptomatic and had presence of two or more risk factors. ABI < 0.9 was a good screening test to detect such individuals at an earlier stage (sub-clinical).CONCLUSION:
A significantly low (< 0.9) ABI value can detect subclinical atherosclerotic vascular involvement and predict future occurrence of preventable major vascular event.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Arteriosclerosis
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Blood Pressure Determination
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Brachial Artery
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Mass Screening
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Prevalence
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Probability
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Language:
English
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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