PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Esther S. H. Kim
AU  - Keattiyoat Wattanakit
AU  - Heather L. Gornik
TI  - Using the ankle-brachial index to diagnose peripheral artery disease and assess cardiovascular risk
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11154
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 651--661
VI  - 79
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/9/651.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/9/651.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2012 Sep 01; 79
AB  - The ankle-brachial index is valuable for screening for peripheral artery disease in patients at risk and for diagnosing the disease in patients who present with lowerextremity symptoms that suggest it. The ankle-brachial index also predicts the risk of cardiovascular events, cerebrovascular events, and even death from any cause. Few other tests provide as much diagnostic accuracy and prognostic information at such low cost and risk.