Abstract
Background and aimsWe assumed that hand-held Doppler ultrasound (DUS) at rest was insufficient to assess the severity of peripheral artery disease (PAD). Toe pressure and transcutaneous tissue oxygen pressure were studied to prove whether these could identify more patients with severe lower limb ischemia; exercise was applied to provoke ischemia. Methods120 patients with PAD and 30 volunteers without PAD were recruited. DUS, transcutaneous tissue oxygen pressure (tcpO2) and toe pressure measurements were performed at rest and after exercise. The differential power of these examinations for severe limb ischemia (SLI) was determined by receiver-operating curves (ROCs) and pattern recognition by independent multicategory analysis (PRIMA). ResultsThere was an obvious significant difference between the patient and control groups at rest; after exercise; the ratio of severely impaired values (ankle-brachial index – ABI, toe-brachial index – TBI, tcpO2 measured on index forefoot) increased significantly in the patient group (p < 0.05). TBI, tcpO2, ABI measured after exercise could differentiate SLI better than the values of these tests at rest (p < 0.001). In ROC analysis, the largest area under the curve (AUC) was covered by post- (AUC: 0.860) and pre-exercise TBI (AUC: 0.785), and post-exercise tcpO2 (AUC: 0.720) (p < 0.001). Post-exercise TBI gained the best discriminant score in PRIMA. ConclusionsPre- and post-exercise non-invasive vascular tests could reveal severe limb ischemia. Toe pressure measurement and TBI should become a basic part of the vascular workup.
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