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(New page: {{subpages}} In medicine and the physical examination, the '''ankle brachial index''' is the "comparison of the blood pressure between the brachial artery and the [[posteri...)
 
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==Method==
==Method==
The blood pressure at [[posterior tibial artery]] can be measured by [[Doppler ultrasonography]]<ref name="pmid16449619">{{cite journal |author=Khan NA, Rahim SA, Anand SS, Simel DL, Panju A |title=Does the clinical examination predict lower extremity peripheral arterial disease? |journal=JAMA |volume=295 |issue=5 |pages=536–46 |year=2006 |month=February |pmid=16449619 |doi=10.1001/jama.295.5.536 |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16449619 |issn=}}</ref>, [[palpation]]<ref name="pmid18567610">{{cite journal |author=Migliacci R, Nasorri R, Ricciarini P, Gresele P |title=Ankle-brachial index measured by palpation for the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease |journal=Fam Pract |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=228–32 |year=2008 |month=August |pmid=18567610 |doi=10.1093/fampra/cmn035 |url=http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18567610 |issn=}}</ref>, or [[auscultation]]<ref name="pmid19022870">{{cite journal |author=Carmo GA, Mandil A, Nascimento BR, ''et al'' |title=Can we measure the ankle-brachial index using only a stethoscope? A pilot study |journal=Fam Pract |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=22–6 |year=2009 |month=February |pmid=19022870 |doi=10.1093/fampra/cmn086 |url=http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19022870 |issn=}}</ref>.
The blood pressure at the [[posterior tibial artery]] can be measured by [[Doppler ultrasonography]]<ref name="pmid16449619">{{cite journal |author=Khan NA, Rahim SA, Anand SS, Simel DL, Panju A |title=Does the clinical examination predict lower extremity peripheral arterial disease? |journal=JAMA |volume=295 |issue=5 |pages=536–46 |year=2006 |month=February |pmid=16449619 |doi=10.1001/jama.295.5.536 |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16449619 |issn=}}</ref>,  
[[palpation]]<ref name="pmid18567610">{{cite journal |author=Migliacci R, Nasorri R, Ricciarini P, Gresele P |title=Ankle-brachial index measured by palpation for the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease |journal=Fam Pract |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=228–32 |year=2008 |month=August |pmid=18567610 |doi=10.1093/fampra/cmn035 |url=http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18567610 |issn=}}</ref>, or [[auscultation]].<ref name="pmid19022870">{{cite journal |author=Carmo GA, Mandil A, Nascimento BR, ''et al'' |title=Can we measure the ankle-brachial index using only a stethoscope? A pilot study |journal=Fam Pract |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=22–6 |year=2009 |month=February |pmid=19022870 |doi=10.1093/fampra/cmn086 |url=http://fampra.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19022870 |issn=}}</ref>


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In medicine and the physical examination, the ankle brachial index is the "comparison of the blood pressure between the brachial artery and the posterior tibial artery. it is a predictor of peripheral arterial disease."[1]

Method

The blood pressure at the posterior tibial artery can be measured by Doppler ultrasonography[2], palpation[3], or auscultation.[4]

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