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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular > Blood Pressure Determination > Ankle Brachial Index
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Physical Examination > Blood Pressure Determination > Ankle Brachial Index

Preferred term

Ankle Brachial Index  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Comparison of the BLOOD PRESSURE between the BRACHIAL ARTERY and the POSTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY. It is a predictor of PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE. An alternative to the ankle-brachial index.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ankle-Brachial Index

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In other languages

  • Index de pression systolique cheville-bras

    French

  • Index de pression systolique
  • Index de pression systolique à la cheville
  • Indice de pression systolique
  • Indice de pression systolique à la cheville
  • Indice de pression systolique cheville-bras
  • IPS (Index de Pression Systolique)
  • IPSch
  • ISD (Indice Systolique de pression Distale)

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JGSZFH1X-L

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