Dear Editor, We have read the article ‘‘Ankle-brachial index as a predictor of coronary disease events in elderly patients submitted to coronary angiography’’ by Eduardo D. E. Papa et al. (1). These authors aimed to evaluate the value of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) as a marker of cardiovascular events in elderly patients and to evaluate the relationship between the ABI and the extent of coro...

The purpose of this study is to measure blood velocities in carotid, brachial and femoral arteries with synchronized measurement of electrocardiogram (ECG) during head-up tilt (HUT) using a developed telemetry measurement system. The velocity waveforms and ECG are continuously measured in six putatively healthy young subjects for 130 s during supine and 90 degrees HUT. From the measured peak sy...

Brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is a strong predictor of future cardiovascular disease and is believed to represent a "barometer" of systemic endothelial health. Although a recent study [Padilla et al. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 235: 1287-1291, 2010] in pigs confirmed a strong correlation between brachial and femoral artery endothelial function, it is unclear to what extent brachial ar...

UNLABELLED On a global scale, the cardiovascular diseases constitute the prime factor of death and invalidity. The premature mortality percentage caused by these varies from 4% in high developed countries to 40% in underdeveloped countries. Atherosclerosis is the most important etiological factor. The presence of various degrees of atherosclerosis in a certain vascular area (in our case, the lo...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease as measured on ankle-brachial index and evaluate the associated risk, clinical, and diagnostic factors. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted in a random population-based sample of 2833 individuals aged 25 to 79 years from Don Benito health area (Badajoz). Peripheral arterial disease was considered for ank...

The ankle-brachial index is valuable for screening for peripheral artery disease in patients at risk and for diagnosing the disease in patients who present with lower-extremity symptoms that suggest it. The ankle-brachial index also predicts the risk of cardiovascular events, cerebrovascular events, and even death from any cause. Few other tests provide as much diagnostic accuracy and prognosti...

Ten impotents underwent intracavernous injection therapy for recovery of spontaneous erection using papeverine hydrochloride alone or in combination with phentolamine. Six out of ten patients recovered spontaneous erection. Almost all respondents tended to have low initial penile-brachial-index values and their penile-brachial-index values rose after treatment. We concluded that periodic erecti...

conclusions the peripheral arterial disease is more frequent in patients with the severe form of cvi, than in patients without cvi. concomitant risk factors for cvi and pad were high bmi and hypertension. in each patient with severe cvi it is necessary to determine the abpi, in order to exclude the presence of pad. results our results showed that the risk factors for cvi were high body mass ind...

Dear Editor, We would like to call the readers’ attention to a brief communication published in the issue of January 2012, which concluded increased prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in subjects with an abnormal ankle brachial index (ABI). In their study, Albuquerque et al.1 compared subjects with arterial hypertension with and without an abnormal ABI. Since the prevalence of a low ABI...

Ankle brachial index (ABI) has been utilized in the management of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).ABI is a surrogate marker of atherosclerosis and recent studies indicate its utility as a predictor of future cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Even so, this critical test is underutilized. The purpose of this review is to summarize available evidence associated with ABI methodology...