Clinicians have attempted to find early preclinical physical diagnosis signs to detect vascular diseases at the preclinical stage and to prevent clinical deterioration in time. An interesting example of such signs is the Frank sign, which was first described by Dr Sonders T. Frank in 1973. Our goal was to…
Abstract:Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is defined as an arterial brachial index (ABI) of ≤0.90 in the lower extremities and results from a narrowing of the arteries as a result of progressive atherosclerosis. PAD affects 12–20% of Americans aged 65 years or older; however, most are asymptomatic and many do not…
Objectives: Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is underdiagnosed in primary care due to the absence of established criteria to warrant diagnostic testing. Our goal was to establish a risk factor hierarchy to enable earlier diagnosis of PVD. Methods: Data sets of 142 patients with abnormal ankle brachial indices (ABI) were randomly…
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