A Hospital-Based Population Screening for Peripheral Arterial Diseases in a North-East University Hospital of India

This study was carried out with an aim of screening the hospital-based population through ankle-brachial pressure index measurement to identify the asymptomatic patients of peripheral arterial disease. Further association of peripheral arterial disease with other risk factors was also studied. A tot...

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Published in:Indian journal of surgery 2023-02, Vol.85 (Suppl 1), p.163-167
Main Authors: Khanna, Ajay K., Khanna, Divya, Verma, Himanshu, Singh, T. B., Tiwary, Satyendra K., Gupta, Puneet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ankle
Asymptomatic
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary heart disease
Coronary vessels
Hospitals
Hypertension
Medical research
Medical screening
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medicine, Experimental
Neurosurgery
Original Article
Pediatric Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Vein & artery diseases
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Summary:This study was carried out with an aim of screening the hospital-based population through ankle-brachial pressure index measurement to identify the asymptomatic patients of peripheral arterial disease. Further association of peripheral arterial disease with other risk factors was also studied. A total of 1000 patients of a surgical unit of a university hospital, Varanasi, India, were studied for a period of 2 years. Ankle-brachial pressure index in both lower limbs was measured. Patients aged less than 18 years and patients with blood pressure less than 90/60 mm Hg were excluded. History of claudication, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery diseases, and family history of peripheral arterial disease were recorded. Patients with an ankle-brachial pressure index less than 0.9 were labeled as a case of peripheral arterial disease. Out of 1000 patients, 35 patients were symptomatic for peripheral arterial disease and all had ankle-brachial pressure index value 
ISSN:0972-2068
0973-9793
DOI:10.1007/s12262-021-03060-1