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Resting Ankle-Arm Pressure Index in Vascular Diseases of the Lower Extremities

Surgical Clinic, The Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland

Roman Jaworski

Surgical Clinic, The Military Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland

The authors calculated 442 values of resting ankle-arm indices in 222 pa tients, of whom 114 reported exercise pain of the lower extremities (51.3%) and 34 reported rest pain (15.3%). Tissue necrosis was diagnosed in 55 patients (24.8%) and other disorders in 19 (8.6%). Obliterating atherosclerosis was found in 186 patients (83.8%), Buerger's disease in 16 (7.2%), and other vascu lar diseases in 20 patients (9%). The studied index value in 262 examined lower extremities was 1.3-1.0 in 54, 0.9-0.8 in 29, 0.7-0.6 in 66, 0.5-0.4 in 55, and 0.3- 0.0 in 58 lower extremities. Respective values for contralateral lower extremi ties (180) were the following: 69, 54, 33, 14, and 10.

Angiology, Vol. 40, No. 3, 181-185 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978904000305


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