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## Background: Arterial duplex ultrasound (dus) and ankle-brachial indices (abis) are accepted methods for assessing lower limb arterial perfusion. however, in a significant number of diabetic patients, medial wall calcification often precludes an abi measurement. direct, noninvasive duplex imaging of the pedal arch in the setting of peripheral arterial disease (pad) has not been well evaluated. although plantar arch interrogation is new to vascular ultrasound, imaging the plantar arteries appears to be a reliable angiographic technique for critical limb ischemia. we sought to define the utility of plantar acceleration time as a surrogate for abis. ## Methods: Patients undergoing dus including plantar acceleration time for suspicion of pad were retrospectively reviewed in a prospective database over a 1-year period. two hundred fifty nondiabetic patients (499 limbs) with documented abi were studied. plantar acceleration time was calculated (milliseconds [msec]) in each limb in the lateral plantar artery. statistical analyses were performed using linear regression and analysis of variance testing using microsoft excel database (version 2016; microsoft corp, redmond, wa). patients we

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Author

Jill Sommerset; Riyad Karmy-Jones; Matthew Dally; Beejay Feliciano; Yolanda Vea; Desarom Teso

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)