Predictive value of ankle brachial index in patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
Eur J Neurol
; 17(4): 602-6, 2010 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19968705
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The ankle brachial index (ABI) is a known measure of lower-limb peripheral artery disease (PAD), as well as a marker for other cardiovascular disease events.OBJECTIVE:
Our goal was to compare the prevalence of abnormal ABI scores (ABIMETHODS:
We compared 116 consecutive patients with IS with 190 rHT and 150 ICVR patients. Clinical data and ultrasonographic findings were recorded. Stroke recurrence and risk of new vascular events were assessed after 18 months of follow-up.RESULTS:
Low ABI was more frequent in rHT (35.8%) than in the IS (24.1%) and ICVR (24.7%) groups (P = 0.031). Amongst patients with IS, ABICONCLUSION:
Abnormal ABI was associated with classical risk factors, especially hypertension. The measurement of ABI amongst patients with IS appeared to be useful to identify high-risk patients and plan adequate prevention therapies.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Brain Ischemia
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Stroke
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Ankle Brachial Index
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur J Neurol
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain