Índice Tobillo Brazo en Atención Primaria en Salud

Abstract

Abstract: Peripheral arterial disease is an under-diagnosed disorder especially in the absence of symptoms and causes a high burden of morbidity and mortality globally. The ankle-brachial index test is a non-invasive diagnostic tool for this entity. The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of applying the ankle-brachial index test in primary care health centres to detect peripheral arterial disease and to stratify the cardiovascular risk of patients. The methodology for the development of this research was based on the search and review of various articles published between 2017 and 2021, using libraries and reliable and specialised databases such as: BVS, ScienDirect, Google Scholar, Scopus, Scielo, Pubmed and ClinicalTrials.gov. A total of ten articles were analysed and the conclusion was that the ankle-brachial index test allows early diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease, even before the onset of symptoms, in primary health care patients and improves cardiovascular risk stratification.