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What should the blood pressure at your ankle be?
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About the same: Your ankle pressure should be about the same as your arm pressure.
Answered 5/11/2019
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Normally, an ABI: Is performed. This is an ankle/brachial index. So, a ration of the pressure of the ankle to the arm is taken. Normal is 1.0. Lower is going in an unhealthy direction, too high normally represents calcified blood vessels.
Answered 11/2/2019
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