Subclinical Peripheral Arterial Disease and Incompressible Ankle Arteries Are Both Long-Term Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
9959816	Journal of the American College of Cardiology	2005	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Beyond clinical PAD, the measurement of ABI before coronary surgery provides substantial information on long-term postoperative prognosis. To our knowledge, this is the first study highlighting the prognostic role of incompressible ankle arteries in secondary prevention.

Keywords

ABI TIA Peripheral arterial disease coronary artery bypass grafting CABG transient ischemic attack Ankle-brachial index PAD

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Subclinical Peripheral Arterial Disease and Incompressible Ankle Arteries Are Both Long-Term Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Authors

Victor MD, PhD, Philippe MD, Annabel MD, JérÃ´me MD, Florence MD, Elisabeth MD, Marc MD,