Ankle-brachial index as a predictor of coronary disease events in elderly patients submitted to coronary angiography

OBJECTIVES: To correlate the importance of the ankle-brachial index in terms of cardiovascular morbimortality and the extent of coronary arterial disease amongst elderly patients without clinical manifestations of lower limb peripheral arterial disease. METHODS: We analyzed prospective data from 1...

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Published in:	Clinics
Main Authors:	Eduardo D. E. Papa, Izo Helber, Manes R. Ehrlichmann, Claudia Maria Rodrigues Alves, Marcia Makdisse, Livia N. Matos, Jairo Lins Borges, Renato D. Lopes, Edson Stefanini, Antonio Carlos Carvalho
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier España 2013-12-01
Subjects:	Peripheral Artery Disease Prognosis Coronary artery Disease Ankle Brachial Index Elderly
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013001201481&lng=en&tlng=en