Lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) is frequently underdiagnosed, in part because
of the wide variety of leg symptoms manifested by patients with PAD and in part because …

A critical review of published literature was performed to assess the impact of medication
adherence on morbidity and mortality among patients with or at risk for coronary artery disease …

The prevalence of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) varies across populations,
based on the groups studied and the detection methods used. The ankle-brachial index (…

Background— The associations of low (<0.90) and high (>1.40) ankle brachial index (ABI)
with risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality have not been examined in …

ContextPersons with lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are often asymptomatic
or have leg symptoms other than intermittent claudication (IC).ObjectiveTo identify clinical …

ContextAmong individuals with lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD), specific leg
symptoms and the ankle brachial index (ABI) are cross-sectionally related to the degree of …

Background: The ankle brachial index (ABI) is a noninvasive, reliable measure of lower-extremity
ischemia. However, the relationship between ABI and lower-extremity function has not …

The authors studied associations between ankle-brachial index (ABI) and subclinical
atherosclerosis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Participants included 3,458 women (…

Objective: We compared three commonly used methods of ankle/brachial index (ABI)
calculation to determine their relative association with objective measures of leg functioning in …

Background—We report the implications of asymptomatic lower extremity peripheral arterial
disease (PAD) for lower extremity functioning among participants in the Women’s Health …