Exercise testing criteria to diagnose lower extremity peripheral artery disease assessed by computed-tomography angiography.

O StivaletA PaisantD BelabbasL OmarjeeA Le FaucheurP LandreauR GarlantezecV JaquinandiD A LiedlP W WennbergGuillaume Mahé

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Resting ABI is as accurate as exercise testing in patients with exertional limb pain. Specific exercise testing cut-off values should be used in patients with normal ABI to diagnose PAD.

Keyphrases

high intensity
peripheral artery disease
physical activity
resistance training
chronic pain
coronary artery
high resolution
computed tomography
pain management
magnetic resonance imaging
heart rate variability
heat stress
spinal cord
spinal cord injury
body composition
mass spectrometry