ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2021
Accuracy of Acceleration Time of Distal Arteries to Diagnose Severe Peripheral Arterial Disease.
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- Pedal acceleration time as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in peripheral artery disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical imaging · 2026Pooled it
- Toe-brachial index and toe systolic blood pressure for the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Pedal Acceleration Time: A Functional Indicator of Success in Revascularisation.EJVES vascular forum · 2026Article
- Hemodynamic Assessment of Arterial Perfusion by Using the Ultrasonographic Hand Acceleration Time: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Prospective Descriptive Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Observational
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- Pedal acceleration time is related to arterial stiffness in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia.Jornal vascular brasileiro · 2025Article
- Challenges and opportunities in the management of type 2 diabetes in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease: a tailored diagnosis and treatment review.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2024Review
- Duplex ultrasound and pedal acceleration time as tools to evaluate foot perfusion: a literature review.Jornal vascular brasileiro · 2024Review
- The Role of Ultrasound Examination in the Assessment of Suitability of Calcified Arteries for Vascular Access Creation-Mini Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Arterial Blood-Flow Acceleration Time on Doppler Ultrasound Waveforms: What Are We Talking About?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Ankle Doppler for Cuffless Ankle Brachial Index Estimation and Peripheral Artery Disease Diagnosis Independent of Diabetes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of Lower Limb Revascularization on the Microcirculation of the Foot: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
contextAnkle-brachial index (ABI) and toe-brachial index (TBI) are the recommended tests for the diagnosis of lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) and the assessment of its severity, whereas Doppler ultrasound (DUS) is usually used to localize vascular lesions. However, the performance of DUS as an alternative to TBI and ABI measurement is unknown.
objectiveThe goals were (i) to evaluate the correlation between DUS parameters of distal arteries of the lower extremities with TBI in patients with PAD; (ii) to evaluate the correlation between DUS parameters of distal arteries with ABI; and (iii) to assess the diagnostic accuracy of maximal acceleration time of pedal arteries to detect toe pressure ≤30 mmHg.
methodsAn observational retrospective study was conducted for 1 year on patients with the diagnosis of PAD on DUS. Demographic data, ABI, TBI, and DUS parameters of the dorsal pedis and lateral plantar arteries (DPA and LPA) were recorded.
resultsSeventy-seven patients with 88 limbs were included, aged 69 [interquartile range: 11 years] with 28.6% of diabetic patients. The highest acceleration time of either DPA or LPA (AT
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