Detection of Peripheral Artery Disease by Duplex Ultrasonography among Hemodialysis Patients
Author(s) -
Etsuro Ogata,
Chiaki Kumata-Maeta,
Kanji Shishido,
Masahide Mizobuchi,
Masahiro Yamamoto,
Fumihiko Koiwa,
Eriko Kinugasa,
Tadao Akizawa
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.09451209
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , hemodialysis , quartile , cardiology , asymptomatic , duplex ultrasonography , ankle , peripheral , pulse wave velocity , arterial disease , intima media thickness , arterial stiffness , area under the curve , cohort , diabetes mellitus , vascular disease , surgery , blood pressure , confidence interval , carotid arteries , endocrinology
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a known predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among hemodialysis patients. Although ankle-brachial BP index (ABI) is a simple and reliable test for PAD screening, its sensitivity has been suggested to decrease among dialysis patients.
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