Author/Editor		Poredoš, P
Title		Diagnostic assessment of arterial circulatory disturbances as a basis for therapeutic decisions in critical limb ischaemia
Type		članek
Source		In: Clement D, Rieger H, editors. Proceedings of the 14th congress of the European chapter of the International union of angiology; 2001 May 23-26; Cologne, Germany. Bologna: Monduzzi editore,
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 207-12
Language		eng
Abstract		For the choice of treatment of peripheral arterial disease diagnostic decision, diagnostic investigations are needed to objectively confirm the diagnosis and to localize the arterial lesions and in cases where a revascularization intervention is needed, these techniques help in choosing the reopening procedures. Preoperative investigations are also needed for determination of operative risk. Some noninvasive tests for investigation of the macro- and microcirculation such as ankle pressure measurement and TcPO2 measurement reveal the severity of the disease and have some predictive value for the success of treatment procedures. Patients with critical limb ischaemia (CLI) should be treated by reopening procedures and the success of recanalization depends of the outflow arteries. Therefore, investigation of these patients should also be oriented to the access the patency of outflow arteries.
Descriptors		ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY ANKLE BLOOD PRESSURE ISCHEMIA LEG MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS