Clinical Value of Ankle-Brachial Index in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis Patients.
CONCLUSION: Among asymptomatic AS patients, 35.8% had an abnormal ABI and this was related to previous diabetes. These patients walked less in the 6MWT but did not have a worse prognosis at follow up.
PMID: 26204678 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Heart Valve Disease - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Heart Valve Dis Source Type: research
More News: Aortic Stenosis | Cardiology | Diabetes | Endocrinology | Heart | Heart Valve Disease | Heart Valve Surgery | Heart Valves | Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) | Stroke | Study