INTRODUCTION ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX ABI IS RATIO OF THE SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURED AT THE ANKLE TO THAT MEASURED AT THE BRACHIAL ARTERY LOW ABI 090 HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS PREDICTOR FOR ISCHEMIC STROKE AND OTHER VASCULAR EVENTS BUT THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ABI LEVEL WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE EVENT HAS NOT BEEN CLEARLY DESCRIBED
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