The ankle brachial index is important way to diagnose peripheral vascular disease. The index compares the systolic blood pressures of the arms and legs to give a ratio that can suggest various severity of peripheral vascular disease. Article & Videos
November 26, 2014 JACC: Heart Failure TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors examined the correlation between ankle–brachial index (ABI) and risk for heart failure (HF) in a large retrospective study involving 13,150 patients (free of HF at baseline) followed up over a period of 17 years. Compared with patients with an ABI of 1.01 to 1.40, those […]