SAN DIEGO—Ankle-brachial index (ABI) may provide a simple and practice way to diagnose vascular calcification in patients on hemodialysis (HD) who have severe hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and ...

The ankle–brachial index (ABI) was 1.2 on both sides (normal range ... diffuse disruption of sound waves occurred as a result of acoustic shadowing from arterial calcification. Computed ...

A high ABI (above 1.3) suggests the arteries are stiff, possibly from calcification of clogged areas. This is the basis for the coronary calcium scan (CCS) I have written about frequently.

By contrast, in the absence of such overt calcification, the differences between ABI and TBI for diabetic patients were in the same range as for control subjects, who were assumed to have no ...

VIENNA, Austria — Calcification in large vessel beds, identified on computerized tomography (CT), is associated with a global cognitive decline in otherwise healthy people, according to a ...

Bananas and avocados — foods that are rich in potassium — may help protect against pathogenic vascular calcification, also known as hardening of the arteries. University of Alabama at Birmingham ...