TY - JOUR T1 - Using the ankle-brachial index to diagnose peripheral artery disease and assess cardiovascular risk JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 651 LP - 661 DO - 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11154 VL - 79 IS - 9 AU - Esther S. H. Kim AU - Keattiyoat Wattanakit AU - Heather L. Gornik Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/79/9/651.abstract N2 - 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. ER -