Evaluation The Blood Supply


Usually the doctor examines the pulse in the feet during regular visits, but the presence of some symptoms such as  Claudication, pain in the feet without effort, and the presence of ulcers in the foot, you need the situation to assess the state of peripheral vascular, to see a narrowing or blockage in the arteries feeding of the leg and foot, through:
  •   change the color of the skin to the color blue
  •   knowledge of foot temperature - cold
  •   dorsalis pedis artery pulse - posterior tibial pulse
  •   knowledge of blood pressure, foot, and knowledge of blood pressure in the forearm
  •   examine the blood flow Doppler ultrasound
  •   X-arterial angiogram colored

Last Update
5/2/2011 2:04:25 AM