Background A growing interest in reducing occupational sitting has resulted in public health efforts to encourage intermittent standing in workplaces. However, concerns have been raised that standing ...

Low ankle-brachial index (ABI), even when too borderline to be considered peripheral artery disease, is associated with diminished quality of life (QoL) in terms of physical functioning, impaired ...

"[According to a new data analysis,] it is now time to evaluate the potential of incorporating the ABI into population-based cardiovascular prevention programs." Although not routinely assessed in ...

Assessing CVD risk with ankle-brachial index The American Heart Association issues guidance for assessing CVD risk using ABI. As one of the least expensive and most available markers of ...

(HealthDay News) — Ankle-brachial index (ABI) detected by an alternative method involving the lower of two systolic ankle pressures (LABI) is more sensitive and better for predicting peripheral artery ...

Edinburgh, Scotland - Measurement of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) may improve the accuracy of cardiovascular risk prediction beyond the Framingham risk score, a new meta-analysis suggests [1]. The ...

SAN DIEGO—Ankle-brachial index (ABI) may provide a simple and practice way to diagnose vascular calcification in patients on hemodialysis (HD) who have severe hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has given a class I indication for the use of ankle-brachial index to ...

The ankle brachial index, a ratio of blood pressure measurements used to indicate the risk of peripheral artery disease and atherosclerosis, may be useful to improve the accuracy of cardiovascular ...

I had an interesting conversation recently regarding leg pain. A friend confided that her husband has been complaining about leg pain in his calf muscles when he has to walk any distance. At first, ...