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1422712

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
Endovascular surgery using angioplasty or atherectomy may potentially relieve the symptoms of claudicants with minimal morbidity, but results are best when short stenoses are treated. In this study, colour-coded duplex ultrasonography has been compared with angiography. In aortoiliac segments duplex examination had a sensitivity of 88 per cent and a specificity of 100 per cent; in femoropopliteal disease the sensitivity was 100 per cent and duplex scanning identified more disease than angiography. Subsequently, 73 symptomatic limbs with femoropopliteal disease were scanned to assess their suitability for endovascular surgery. Of these limbs, 27 (37 per cent) had suitable lesions and the remaining 46 (63 per cent) were spared angiography. Colour-coded duplex ultrasonography can reliably be used to select patients for endovascular surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0007-1323
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1030-1
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Colour-coded duplex ultrasonography in the selection of patients for endovascular surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial