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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
The criteria for identifying the "at-risk" femorodistal bypass are controversial. Eighty-eight patients were entered into a surveillance programme using ankle-brachial pressure indices (ABPI), colour Duplex and intraarterial digital subtraction angiography (IADSA). Changes in ABPI of more than 0.1 identified 12/22 (51%) grafts thought to be "at-risk". In the 88 grafts, a PMV (peak mean velocity) < 45 cm per second had a sensitivity and specificity of 55 and 85% compared to 91 and 95% if a PMV < 45 cm per second and a V2/V1 ratio of greater than 2 was used to identify the 22 grafts "at-risk". In total 341 examinations were performed, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy for impedance analysis was 70, 90, 48, 97 and 91% respectively, compared to 93, 97, 77, 99 and 97% for colour Duplex in identifying the "at-risk" grafts. Between 6 weeks and 12 months the mean PMV was seen to drop by 29% and the mean impedance score by 19%. The most sensitive mode of non-invasive graft surveillance is colour Duplex providing the assessment involves both a measurement of the velocity ratio and the absolute velocity. However, impedance analysis is a better screening test than ABPI and PMV.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0950-821X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
315-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Criteria for identification of the "at-risk" infrainguinal bypass graft.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Vascular Studies, Bristol Royal Infirmary, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article