Why the study?
Are large and small artery elasticity indices altered in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease compared to matched controls?
Population
43 patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease and 16 control subjects of comparable age and blood…
Comparison
Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) vs Age and blood pressure-matched control subjects
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Elasticity indices in PAOD match age/BP-matched controls; leaves open their value as PAOD-specific biomarkers.
Are large and small artery elasticity indices altered in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease compared to matched controls?
Large and small artery elasticity indices are decreased in PAOD but remain comparable to age and blood pressure-matched controls, while correlating with markers of vascular disease severity.
Duprez et al. (2001) studied this question.
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