Obliteration Index: a simple non-invasive tool for the assessment of peripheral vascular disease in chronic kidney disease.

Conclusions: The OI method has now been introduced into routine use in the authors´ department. Based on over 1,500 OI evaluations performed so far, it can be recommended as a simple, noninvasive, bedside tool for diagnosis of early as well as advanced PAD.
PMID: 19662610 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)