Non-invasive explorations in arteriopathy of the lower limbs

For the diagnosis of an arteriopathy The approach is basically clinical, and vascular explorations are represented by the measurement of ankle blood pressure and calculation of the pressure index, a simple test that should systematically complete the examination. The search for local lesions of potentially poor prognosis These are principally aneurysm and stenosis of the derivation routes that should be searched for using a Doppler in order to localise them and, completed by measurement of ankle blood pressure, specify the upstream impact and the ultrasound-Doppler analysis of certain selected areas. Before revascularisation The arteriography, examination of reference until recently, has certain limits that explain its more restricted use and the widened use of ultrasound-Doppler explorations, combined with magnetic resonance imaging and scanning.