TY - JOUR AU - HajiraSarwar, Inamullah Shah, Sajida Shah,Eitezaz Ahmad Bashir , PY - 2018/03/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Screening for Peripheral Arterial Disease in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Using Ankle-Brachial Index JF - Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College JA - JRMC VL - 22 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - http://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/838 SP - AB - <p>Background : To screen for presence of peripheral<br>arterial disease (PAD) in coronary artery disease<br>(CAD) patients using ankle- brachial index (ABI).<br>Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study<br>patients (n=310) above the age of 40 years of both<br>genders, admitted with diagnosis of coronary arterial<br>disease were included. Smokers and patients with<br>hyperlipidemias, diabetes mellitus, or ankle brachial<br>index (ABI) &gt;1.5 were excluded. Patients with ABI of<br>less than 0.9 in one or both lower limbs were<br>diagnosed to have PAD.<br>Results : Out of 310 patients, 26.77% (n= 83) had<br>ABI &lt; 0.9. Majority of these patients (85.1%) were<br>asymptomatic. ABI was able to detect PAD in all<br>these patients. There was no statistical difference in<br>prevalence between genders.<br>Conclusion: Arterial brachial index is able to<br>dectect peripheral arterial disease in patients with<br>coronary artery disease .</p> ER -