title: Ankle/brachial index to everyone.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the last years significant attention has been paid in identifying markers of subclinical atherosclerosis or of increased cardiovascular risk.
  
  
  METHODS
  An abnormal ankle/brachial index (ABI) identifies patients affected by lower extremity peripheral arterial disease, and even more important, represents a powerful predictor of the development of future ischemic cardiovascular events.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our opinion, ABI is a cardiovascular risk prediction tool with very desirable properties that might become a routine measurement in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular and Immunological Sciences, Federico II University, via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giugliano
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sannino
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brevetti
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perrino
authors.forename: Gabriele Giacomo
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Schiattarella
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franzone
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Serino
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrone
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scudiero
authors.forename: Andreina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Paulis
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Izzo
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trimarco
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Esposito
mesh_terms: D055109:Ankle Brachial Index; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic