ORIGINAL PAPERS: Epidemiology
Farkas, Katalina; Járai, Zoltánb; Kolossváry, Endrea; Ludányi, Andreac; Clement, Denis L.d; Kiss, Istváne for the ERV Study Group
aDepartment of Angiology
bDepartment of Cardiology, St. Imre Teaching Hospital
cEGIS Pharmaceuticals PLC, Budapest, Hungary
dUniversity Hospital of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
eDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, St. Imre Teaching Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
Correspondence to Dr Farkas Katalin, St. Imre Teaching Hospital, Tétényi u.12–16, Budapest 1115, Hungary. Tel: +36 14648600; fax: +36 12033567; e-mail: [email protected]
Abbreviations: ABIn, ankle-brachial index; ERV, Evaluation of Ankle-Brachial Index in Hungarian Hypertensives; PAD, peripheral arterial disease; SCORE, Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation; TASC II, inter-society consensus for the management of peripheral arterial disease
Received 18 September, 2011
Revised 15 April, 2012
Accepted 7 May, 2012