{"title":"Radionuclide assessment of peripheral arterial disease.","authors":"M E Siegel","doi":"10.1177/153857447701100407","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The use of radioactive tracers in the diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of the patient with peripheral arterial disease has produced clinically useful information. Their application has provided a means by which: (1) The regional distribution of perfusion at the level of the microcirculation, under various stresses, has provided objective evidence of diffuse small vessel disease; (2) The determination of graft patency can be simply and repeatedly performed; (3) The relative perfusion of &dquo;ischemic&dquo; ulcers can be determined and utilized to prognosticate their healing potential; (4) The presence of arteriovenous shunts can be verified and quantified; and (5) The skin perfusion pressure can be determined and utilized to assess the healing potential of surgical amputations.","PeriodicalId":76789,"journal":{"name":"Vascular surgery","volume":"11 4","pages":"241-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1977-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/153857447701100407","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Vascular surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153857447701100407","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The use of radioactive tracers in the diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of the patient with peripheral arterial disease has produced clinically useful information. Their application has provided a means by which: (1) The regional distribution of perfusion at the level of the microcirculation, under various stresses, has provided objective evidence of diffuse small vessel disease; (2) The determination of graft patency can be simply and repeatedly performed; (3) The relative perfusion of &dquo;ischemic&dquo; ulcers can be determined and utilized to prognosticate their healing potential; (4) The presence of arteriovenous shunts can be verified and quantified; and (5) The skin perfusion pressure can be determined and utilized to assess the healing potential of surgical amputations.