The American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines for managing patients with peripheral arterial disease advocate for a more proactive evaluation of patients at risk for the ...

HOLLYWOOD, FL—Despite the lack of support from clinical guidelines, the use of ankle-brachial index (ABI) to screen for peripheral artery disease could reap benefits, according to a talk yesterday at ...

The Cardiovascular Care Group announces the launch of The Care Screen, a vascular screening program for early detection. The Care Screen gives patients a simple, proactive way to identify silent ...

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND — The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) examined the value of using the ankle-brachial-index (ABI) test to detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and predict the risk of ...

Controversy persists over the ABI test and how to read its results. The author sorts through the evidence to arrive at some recommendations. The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is an important noninvasive ...

Doobay AV and Anand SS (2005) Sensitivity and specificity of the ankle–brachial index to predict future cardiovascular outcomes: a systematic review. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 25: 1463–1469 The ...

March 2, 2010 (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) — Results of the Aspirin for Asymptomatic Atherosclerosis (AAA) trial,showing no reduction in vascular events in asymptomatic subjects with a low ...

Guam Regional Medical City is now offering Ankle-Brachial Index and Pulse Volume Recording testing to help patients assess blood flows in their arms and legs, a release from the hospital states. These ...