Additional prognostic value of toe-brachial index beyond ankle-brachial index in hemodialysis patients.

Manabu HishidaTakahiro ImaizumiSteven MenezMasaki OkazakiShin'ichi AkiyamaHirotake KasugaJunichi IshigamiShoichi MaruyamaKunihiro Matsushita

Published in: BMC nephrology (2020)

Lower TBI was independently associated with mortality in patients on hemodialysis and has the potential to classify mortality risk in patients with normal/high ABI. Our results support the importance of evaluating TBI in addition to ABI in this clinical population.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
traumatic brain injury
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
severe traumatic brain injury
type diabetes
mild traumatic brain injury
coronary artery disease