Sentence examples for defined peripheral from inspiring English sources

The disease initially manifests as a small, poorly defined, peripheral pulmonary nodule with or without interlobular septal thickening.

Results were unchanged when we defined peripheral neuropathy as two or more insensate sites.

We defined peripheral arterial disease as an ankle brachial index <0.9.

We defined peripheral arterial disease as an ankle-brachial index <0.9 and arterial stiffness as an ankle-brachial index >1.4.

We defined peripheral tumors as those in which the center of the mass was within the parenchyma and had no or minimal contact with hilar structures.

Secondary osteons were distinguished from primary osteons (i.e., primary vascular canals) on the basis of a well defined peripheral boundary (cement line) between the osteon and the surrounding tissue.

This was because of concern that particular patients with an ankle brachial pressure index of less than 0.90, which defines peripheral arterial disease, may have been at higher risk and so might have shown some benefit in this subgroup.

In examining why aspirin may have been ineffective the question was asked as to whether these patients were at sufficient risk, in terms of peripheral arterial disease, as the cut-off point of an ankle brachial pressure index of 0.99 or less is higher than that used to define peripheral arterial disease in the population (<0.9).

The ankle-brachial index (ABI), used to define peripheral arterial disease, was measured only in persons aged 40 years or older (N = 556 of the 778 participants with diabetes, 10 of whom with ABI >1.5 were excluded owing to concern for calcified atherosclerosis) (19, 20).

Additionally, standard experimental designs should be used to minimize variance across studies, and more research is needed to define peripheral-cerebral feedback loops involved in decreased responsiveness to environmental stimuli.

Peripheral vascular disease was defined as peripheral arterial revascularization or amputation.