The value of routine screening for peripheral arterial disease in stable outpatients with a history of coronary artery or cerebrovascular disease
| Autor: | J. F. Chiu, A. Roussin, V. Huckell, D. Popovici-Toma, M. Girard, Alan Bell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Population Disease Coronary Artery Disease Sensitivity and Specificity Peripheral Arterial Disease Quality of life Diabetes mellitus Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Ambulatory Care Humans Ankle Brachial Index cardiovascular diseases education Aged education.field_of_study business.industry Mortality rate General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Peripheral body regions Cerebrovascular Disorders Blood pressure medicine.anatomical_structure Early Diagnosis Female business Artery |
| Zdroj: | International journal of clinical practice. 67(10) |
| ISSN: | 1742-1241 |
| Popis: | Summary Background Frequently unrecognised, PAD is associated with reduced quality of life and an increased mortality rate because of a greater propensity for fatal ischaemic events. PAD commonly coexists with coronary and cerebrovascular disease and is associated with poorer outcomes in such patients. The Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire (ECQ) and the ankle–brachial index (ABI) are screening methods to identify the presence of PAD. This study used these methods to estimate the rate of previously undiagnosed PAD and to validate the ECQ against ABI in a Canadian outpatient population with manifest cerebrovascular or coronary disease. Methods At a regular office visit, patients completed the ECQ and were categorised as ECQ(+) or ECQ(−). All ECQ(+) and a randomly selected 25% of ECQ(−) patients were referred for ABI measurement. An ABI |
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