Tests for Peripheral Vascular Diseases

The following sections are included:

• PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE (PAOD)

  • Doppler Pressure Measurements

  • Doppler Waveforms

  • Digital Pressure, Perfusion Pressure and Volumetric Blood Flow Measurements

  • Transcutaneous (TC) PO₂ and PCO₂ Measurements

  • Capillaroscopy (and Videocapillaroscopy)

  • Other Methods

  • Skin Biopsy

  • Volumetric Flow Measurements

  • Pulse Volume Recordings (PVR)

  • Duplex Scanning and Colour Duplex (Colour Flow Imaging, CFI)

  • Treadmill/Effort Tests

  • 3-D Ultrasound

  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)

  • Surveillance in Peripheral Vascular Disease

• FOLLOW-UP IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES