Diagnostic Criteria Flashcards
What is the purpose of a physiologic arterial exam?
- Presence
- Severity
- Location
- Change
- Healing
What is the purpose of a physiologic arterial exam?
- Presence
- Severity
- Location
- Change
- Healing
What are some of the arterial physiologic techniques?
- ABI
- Segmental Pressures
- CW Doppler
- Segmental Plethysmography (VPR)
What do arterial physiological techniques evaluate?
These techniques ONLY evaluate HEMODYNAMICALLY SIGNIFICANT obstructions.
What does hemodynamically signifcant mean?
A blockage more than 50%
Why do we use all these techniques?
Using multiple physiologic exams improves the accuracy over any single test used alone.
What is the purpose of an ABI exam?
- Presence
- Severity
- Change
What is the diagnostic criteria for an ABI change to be considered as a possible change?
> .15
What is the diagnostic criteria for an ABI change to be considered as a probable change?
> .20
What is the diagnostic criteria for an ABI to likely have a single level of obstruction?
> .50
What is the diagnostic criteria for an ABI to likely have multiple levels of obstruction likely?
What are some of the ABI limitations?
- Calcified arteries (>1.35)
- Ulceration
- Intolerance of pressure cuff
What are the 3 locations of an obstruction with segmental pressures?
- Aortio-illiac
- Femoral-pop.
- Infrapop
Where can obstructions be found when doing segmental pressures?
At or above the cuff.
What are some segmental pressure limitations?
- Painful, especially at the upper thigh cuff.
- Calcified arteries yield falsely elevated pressures, especially at ankles.
- Cuff artifact yield falsely elevated pressures, especially at upper thigh.
- Limited over ulceration.
- Cannot tell stenosis from occlusion.
- May miss obstructions distal to a more proximal obstruction.
- May miss well-collateralize obstructions.
What does a CW Doppler look for?
- Presence
- Severity
- Location
What are the CW Doppler descriptors?
- Triphasic= Sharp upstroke, sharp peak, has a reverse flow component in late systole/early diastole.
- Biphasic=Good upstroke, sharp peak, no reverse flow component.
- Monophasic= Slow upstroke with blunted, wide peak, and slow downslope.
- Barely or Non-pulsatile= flattened but audible.
What does parvus tardus?
No inflection point.
What is triphasic described as?
Normal.
What is biphasic described as?
Abnormal Mild/Mod
What is monophasic described as?
Abnormal severe.
What is barely or non-pulsatile described as?
Critical.
In a CW Doppler, a change from one level to the next indicates what?
It indicates an obstruction between the sites.
ie. triphasic-biphasic-monophasic-nonpulsatile-absent
What happens when a wave is abnormal?
once its abnormal, the wave is likely to stay abnormal.
At the CFA, if not triphasic, obstruction is typically?
- aorto-illiac
- illiac
- proximal CFA
Why would a CW Doppler be abnormal?
It may be abnormal if waveform is taken just proximal to an occlusion or if well collateralized.
What are some CW Doppler limitations?
- Blind= no image
- Operator skill needed.
- Calcification limits data deep to the calcific area.
- Pre-at-post=stenosis Doppler change.
- Qualitative analysis
- Dependent on state of flow= may be interrupted by inflammation and/or exercise.
What is the diagnostic criteria for a PVR?
- Presence
- Severity
- Location
What are some of the arterial physiologic techniques?
- ABI
- Segmental Pressures
- CW Doppler
- Segmental Plethysmography (VPR)
What do arterial physiological techniques evaluate?
These techniques ONLY evaluate HEMODYNAMICALLY SIGNIFICANT obstructions.