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Is upstroke time a useful vascular marker for detecting coronary artery disease in subjects with normal ankle-brachial index?
Is upstroke time a useful vascular marker for detecting coronary artery disease in subjects with normal ankle-brachial index?
Upstroke time serves as a useful vascular marker for detecting coronary artery disease in patients who have a normal ankle-brachial index and might otherwise be considered free of advanced atherosclerosis.
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Upstroke time may aid CAD detection in normal-ABI patients; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
=0.44). Conclusions Upstroke time may be a useful vascular marker for detecting patients with CAD, especially in subjects with normal ABI who are usually considered not to have advanced atherosclerosis by ABI measurement alone. More attention should be paid to upstroke time for detecting patients with advanced atherosclerosis. Registration URL: https://www.umin.ac.jp; Unique identifier: UMIN000039512.
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