Open AccessDo ankle brachial index and pulse volume waveforms compare with the Ultrasound Duplex Scan for identifying Peripheral Arterial Disease?
Author(s) -
Lewis Jane
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-8-s1-a11
Subject(s) - medicine , ankle , peripheral , arterial disease , ultrasound , stenosis , plethysmograph , radiology , cardiology , vascular disease , surgery
Content of presentation 200 patients referred for UDS of lower limb arteries at two Medical Physics departments in the UK underwent an automated ABI and PVR measurement using a device utilising volume plethysmography followed by a UD Scan. PAD was recorded for automated ABI if 1.30), PVR’s if graded mild/moderate/severe and with a haemodynamically significant stenosis or occlusive disease with the UDS. A result of PAD or NO PAD was recorded for each patient and each method. The outcome measure for this study was the agreement and overall accuracy between the automated ABI and UDS results and the PVR and UDS results.