THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX AND 10 YEARS CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS: FROM IMPACT-ABI REGISTRY

Authors :: Hitoshi Nishimura
Mikiko Harada
Yasutaka Oguchi
Wataru Shoin
Naoto Hashizume
Yuji Shiba
Naoyuki Abe
Yasushi Ueki
Uichi Ikeda
Takahiro Takeuchi
Masatoshi Minamisawa
Soichiro Ebisawa
Tomoaki Mochidome
Koji Yoshie
Kunihiko Shimizu
Jun Koyama
Atsushi Izawa
Ayako Okada
Takashi Miura
Hirohiko Motoki
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:2251
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2016.
Abstract: Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) is used for diagnosis of peripheral artery disease and prediction of mortality with general populations. However, little is known about predictive value of ABI for long term ischemic events in hemodialysis (HD) patients. We evaluated whether ABI could predict long term

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