Diagnostic Value of Ankle Brachial Index for Myocardial Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetic Patients and Comparison with Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

نویسندگان
Divsalar, Amirali ID 1
Mardanshahi, Alireza ID 2
Golshani, Samad ID 3
Abedi, Seyed Mohammad ID 4

1 Student of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

2 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

3 Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.

4 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

doi
10.18502/ijdo.v11i3.2603
چکیده

Objective: The ankle-brachial index (ABI) as a simple test which can detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Therefore in this study we try to evaluate the diagnostic value of ABI for silent myocardial ischemia in diabetic patients and compare the results with myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) results. Materials and Methods: All 149 ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Ankle-brachial index, Diabetes, Myocardial perfusion imaging, Coronary artery disease