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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 16 Progress in ankle-brachial index [Keywords:] ABI Research Cardiovascular disease has become a threat to the health of the major diseases of our population, representing the first cause of death of disease. Artery structure and function of the change through one of the pathological basis of atherosclerosis eventual organic, leading to ischemia or target organ hemorrhagic damage. But atherosclerosis is a long, diffuse, progressive process, if in the early detection of vascular disease, we can “see reflected makes me know the whole picture” and thus earlier intervention, before they occur. American Heart Association (AHA) and the ATP- emphasized in the guidelines, those with asymptomatic atherosclerosis in the future at high risk of cardiovascular events, should be prepared to primary prevention, and recommend the use of non-invasive, simple, application of the screening clinic method [1]. In recent years, the rapid detection of vascular lesions in the development of more mature technologies, including carotid artery thickness, ankle brachial index, pulse wave velocity, blood flow-mediated dilation of brachial artery. ankle brachial index (Ankle-Brachial Index, ABI) for the ankle systolic blood pressure and bilateral brachial artery systolic blood pressure than the maximum value. ABI is based on the principle of peripheral arterial stenosis reaches a critical level and the narrow distal perfusion pressure led to lower levels broadly in line with proportional to the severity of disease [2]. In recent years, many foreign countries have confirmed large-scale clinical trials: ABI testing in the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) effective, noninvasive means; ABI abnormalities of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events and a strong predictor of mortality. ABI clinical value has been widely recognized abroad. This ABI Research to do a review. 1 ABI measurement methods and normal AHA published calculation method: the firs