title: Blood flow in the common femoral artery. Evaluation in a vascular laboratory.
abstract: Accurate knowledge of the hemodynamics of the common femoral artery is a critical part of both the preoperative evaluation of patients with peripheral vascular disease and the postoperative follow-up examination. Interrogation of the iliofemoral system with determinations of palpable pulse status, Doppler analog waveforms, and upper thigh pressure ratios has yielded an overall sensitivity of 91 percent and a specificity of 85 percent in the detection of inflow stenosis. This degree of accuracy (89 percent) allows practical surgical decisions to be based on the results of these noninvasive studies.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001366:Axillary Artery; D001775:Blood Circulation; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation