Ethnobotany, the study of the classification, use and management of plants by people, draws
on a range of disciplines, including natural and social sciences, to show how conservation …

ContextPersons with lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are often asymptomatic
or have leg symptoms other than intermittent claudication (IC).ObjectiveTo identify clinical …

ContextAmong individuals with lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD), specific leg
symptoms and the ankle brachial index (ABI) are cross-sectionally related to the degree of …

It is common practice to begin anticoagulant treatment of deep-vein thrombosis with a 10-day
course of intravenous heparin, with warfarin added on day 5 to 10 and continued for …

Background: The ankle brachial index (ABI) is a noninvasive, reliable measure of lower-extremity
ischemia. However, the relationship between ABI and lower-extremity function has not …

Power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability is described and compared to four other
reported methods, with respect to their efficacy as predictors of risk of sudden cardiac death (…

Objective: We compared three commonly used methods of ankle/brachial index (ABI)
calculation to determine their relative association with objective measures of leg functioning in …

One hundred seventy patients with syncope presenting to an emergency department were
studied prospectively. A checklist was used to supplement the physician's history and …

Data are analyzed from 5 patients who died suddenly during ambulatory electrocardiographic
monitoring. Three of the patients were also assessed in terms of 2 recently developed …

Our results indicate the following. 1. HRV is markedly depressed in inducible SCD survivors,
a group at high risk of a subsequent episode of SCD. 2. Studies on patients who developed …