BACK MATTER

The following sections are included:

• Appendix 1 Laser Doppler Flowmetry: Principles of Technology and Clinical Applications

  • THEORY OF LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY

  • TERMINOLOGY

  • CALIBRATION

    • The Instrumental Baseline and the Biologic Zero

  • PROBLEMS OF LDF IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

    • Depth of Measurements and Volume in the Skin

  • VASOMOTION

  • CONCLUSION

  • REFERENCES

  • The Predictive Value of Laser Doppler Measurements in Diabetic Microangiopathy and Foot Ulcers

  • PRACTICAL EVALUATION OF DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY

    • Test 1: The Venoarteriolar Response

    • Test 2: Reactive Hyperaemia

    • Test 3: The Thermal Stimulation Response

    • Scoring

  • DIABETIC FOOT LESIONS AND AMPUTATIONS

  • LOW- AND HIGH-PERFUSION MICROANGIOPATHY

  • CONCLUSION

  • REFERENCES

• Appendix 2 Nomograms Used to Define the Short-term Treatment with PGEI in Patients with Intermittent Claudication and Critical Ischemia. The ORACL.E (Occlusion Revascularization in the Atherosclerotic Critical Limb) Study Group Score. The European Study

  • INTRODUCTION

  • PART I. ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM ORACL.E STUDY (End of 1998)

    • 1. Intermittent Claudication

  • DEFINITION OF THE NUMBER OF CYCLES OF STP PER YEAR NEEDED TO IMPROVE INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION

    • How to Use the Nomogram

    • Re-evaluation

    • 2. Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI)

  • THE ORACL.E SCORE NOMOGRAM FOR CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA

    • Preliminary Evaluation of the ORACL.E Score for Critical Limb Ischemia

  • RESULTS

  • INITIAL VALIDATION IN A GROUP OF 200 CLI TREATED WITH PGE₁

    • Re-evaluation of the Number of Cycles/Year

  • DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

  • REFERENCES

• Index