Usefulness of an abnormal ankle-brachial index to predict presence of coronary artery disease in African-Americans

High Prevalence of Occult Coronary Artery Stenosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease at the Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy

“…Although low ABI has close associations with significant CAS and cardiovascular events in the general population (30,31), there have been few attempts to identify the link between CAS and ABI among patients with ESRD. Ono et al (32) reported that low ABI predicted all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients.…”

Ankle Brachial Index as a Marker of Atherosclerosis in Chinese Patients with High Cardiovascular Risk

“…When compared to angiography, the sensitivity of ABI for detecting PAD is about 90%, and the specificity is about 98% (3). It is already known that an inverse relationship exists between ABI and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and that ABI can be a marker for generalized atherosclerotic disease (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(13)(14)(15). However, this correlation has not been thoroughly investigated in Chinese patients with CVD or high CV risk factors.…”

“…Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is an important manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis. In this context, the importance of the early identification and treatment of PAD has been increasingly acknowledged recently (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12). Limb loss due to necrosis is very rare in PAD patients, and more importantly, PAD is a powerful predictor of future cerebrovascular and cardiovascular (CV) events such as myocardial infarction and stroke, and of increased mortality.…”

Diagnostic Value of Simultaneous Brachial and Ankle Blood Pressure Measurements for the Extent and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease as Assessed by Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

“…Third, baPWV also correlates with blood pressure, 2 as was found in this study, which may originate from the nature of arterial pulse wave conduction in which arterial media is an important factor and is influenced by blood pressure. 2,12 Therefore, ABI rather than PWV is regarded as an important marker of CAD, which is a disease of arterial obstruction and of arterial intima. 29 Fourth, antihypertensive medication has a significant effect on the measurement of baPWV, but not for ABI.…”

“…The ABI was defined as the lowest value for both sides and the baPWV as the highest baPWV value for both sides, as described previously. 9,12 All recordings were performed while the patients were taking their regular medication, but not receiving intravenous drugs.…”