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Význam stanovení tlakového indexu kotník-paže k hodnocení kardiovaskulární prognózy pacientů s diabetes mellitus

Title in English The ratio of ankle and arm arterial pressure as an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus
Authors

PLACHÝ Martin ŠPÁC Jiří

Year of publication 2005
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Vnitřní lékařství
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery
Keywords peripheral vascular disease; mortality
Description Prospective studies using the ankle brachial index (ABI) have shown that a low ABI predicts fatal and nonfatal CHD and all-cause mortality in people with and without existing clinical coronary artery disease and among people with existing peripheral vascular disease. The prevalence of diabetes likely has a direct impact on the prevalence of low ABI. Our results show a association between ABI and mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus.

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