We aimed to investigate the extent to which measurements of flow volume (FV) with
colour flow duplex ultrasonography (CDU) could predict tissue perfusion. A 68 year-old
male patient was admitted to our clinic complaining of intermittent claudication in
the right leg. Digital subtraction angiography showed total occlusion of the right
femoral artery. The right popliteal artery (PA) was filling by collaterals. CDU showed
that the FV in the right PA was higher than in the left. Arterial-venous FV measurement
with CDU should be performed rather than the detection of arterial stenosis to assess
whether intervention is necessary.
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Publication history
Published online: January 27, 2015
Accepted:
December 23,
2014
Received in revised form:
December 22,
2014
Received:
June 15,
2014
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© 2015 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
