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Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI): An update for practitioners

Overview of attention for article published in Vascular Health and Risk Management, September 2009
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Title
Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI): An update for practitioners
Published in
Vascular Health and Risk Management, September 2009
DOI 10.2147/vhrm.s6759
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Authors

Mo Al-Qaisi, David M Nott, David H King, Sam Kaddoura

Abstract

Peripheral vascular disease affects some 12%-14% of the general population, and the majority of people with the disease are asymptomatic. The ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) test is widely used by a diverse range of practitioners (in the community and hospital setting) in order to screen asymptomatic patients, diagnose patients with clinical symptoms, and to monitor patients who have had radiological or surgical intervention. This paper explains the theoretical basis of the ABPI test, as well as the relevance of the common modifications of the test. It explores the background to the quoted normal ranges for the ABPI test. It reviews the large body of literature that has developed on the association between ABPI and cardiovascular risk, as well as ABPI as a predictor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, highlighting the evidence that can inform practice. The review looks critically at the limitations of the ABPI test, providing practitioners with an evidence-based update on the importance and challenges of standardizing ABPI methodology. This paper highlights the influence of the key technical aspects of the ABPI test that all practitioners need to consider in order to be able to make more reliable and informed management decisions based on ABPI findings.

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Country Count As %
Portugal 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 276 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 60 21%
Student > Master 43 15%
Student > Postgraduate 37 13%
Researcher 20 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 6%
Other 48 17%
Unknown 57 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 152 54%
Nursing and Health Professions 22 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 5%
Sports and Recreations 7 2%
Engineering 5 2%
Other 21 7%
Unknown 60 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 September 2023.
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#3,274,816
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Outputs from Vascular Health and Risk Management
#102
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#11,250
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Outputs of similar age from Vascular Health and Risk Management
#2
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