Ankle- and Toe-Brachial Index for Peripheral Artery Disease Identification: Unlocking Clinical Data Through Novel Methods
Friberg JE, Qazi AH, Boyle B, Franciscus C, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Westerman D, Patterson OV, Parr SK, Matheny ME, Arya S, Smolderen KG, Lund BC, Gobbel GT, Girotra S. Ankle- and Toe-Brachial Index for Peripheral Artery Disease Identification: Unlocking Clinical Data Through Novel Methods. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 15: e011092. PMID: 35176872, PMCID: PMC10807980, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.121.011092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral artery diseaseAnkle-brachial indexToe-brachial indexElectronic health recordsABI testingVeterans Affairs electronic health recordsHealth recordsStructured chart reviewVeterans Affairs facilitiesPositive predictive valuePAD patientsChart reviewArtery diseaseClinical dataClinical impactHigh prevalenceBilling codesSeparate cohortPredictive valuePatientsClinical expertsPAD researchRandom sampleLateralityReport