title: Association of ankle-brachial index with severity of angiographic coronary artery disease in patients with peripheral arterial disease and coronary artery disease.
abstract: The ankle-brachial index (ABI) was correlated with the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) in 273 patients, mean age 71 years, with peripheral arterial disease and angiographically obstructive CAD (> 50% occlusion). Of 155 patients with an ABI < 0.40, 130 (84%) had 3- or 4-vessel CAD, 17 (11%) had 2-vessel CAD and 8 (5%) had 1-vessel CAD. Of 80 patients with an ABI of 0.40-0.69, 37 (46%) had 3- or 4-vessel CAD, 33 (41%) had 2-vessel CAD and 10 (13%) had 1-vessel CAD. Of 38 patients with an ABI of 0.70-0.89, 10 (26%) had 3- or 4-vessel CAD, 16 (42%) had 2-vessel CAD and 12 (32%) had 1-vessel CAD. The lower the ABI, the higher the prevalence of 3- or 4-vessel CAD and the lower the prevalence of 1-vessel CAD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division and Division of Vascular Surgery, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, N.Y., USA.
authors.forename: Rishi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sukhija
authors.forename: Wilbert S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yalamanchili
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Frishman
authors.forename: Sateesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Babu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000842:Ankle / Q000098:blood supply; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D015897:Comorbidity; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology