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Relationship of Ankle Blood Pressures to Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults

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2008

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Kim Sutton‐Tyrrell, Lakshmi Venkitachalam, Alka M. Kanaya, Robert M. Boudreau, Tamara Harris, Trina Thompson, Rachel H. Mackey, Marjolein Visser, Georgeta Vaidean, Anne B. Newman
Stroke

Abstract

Among older adults, low and high ankle-arm index values carry elevated risk for cardiovascular events. Noncompressible leg arteries carry elevated risk for stroke and congestive heart failure specifically.

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