Thermographic patterns of lower limb arterial disease.
General and local abnormalities of thermic distribution in the affected limb were related to some basic patterns. Hyperthermic pattern, localized or general: it depends on existence of collateral pathways (when main arterial branches are occluded). Hypothermic pattern, localized or general: it depends on existence of severe arterial stenosis with blood flow decrease.
D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013817:Thermography