Blood Pressure Determination
Scientists at University of Arizona Release New Data on Blood Pressure Determination
Published in Cardiovascular Week, August 22nd, 2011
2011 AUG 22 -- "Background Screening for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) by measuring ankle brachial index (ABI) in asymptomatic older adults is currently recommended to improve cardiovascular disease risk assessment and establish early treatment, but it is not clear if the strategy is useful in all populations. We examined the prevalence and independent predictors of an abnormal ABI (< 0.90), in an asymptomatic sample of 1,017 adults, 60 to 69 years old, enrolled in the ADVANCE study," scientists writing in the American Heart Journal report.
"Methods Baseline data collected between December 2001 and January 2004 among the healthy older controls...
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