title: Postocclusive hyperaemic duplex scan: a new method of aortoiliac assessment.
abstract: Aortoiliac duplex scanning, while accurate, is time-consuming and technically demanding. This study aimed to develop a fast, non-invasive screening test for aortoiliac disease. Colour duplex scanning was used to record common femoral Doppler ultrasonographic waveforms following 3 min of arterial occlusion using a thigh cuff in 25 patients with normal aortoiliac segments and 25 patients with significant aortoiliac disease. The latter patients had a prolonged period of postocclusive hyperaemic flow compared with the former. End diastolic velocity, 70 s after cuff release, was a significant discriminant between the two groups (sensitivity of 88 per cent, accuracy of 92 per cent). The postocclusive hyperaemic duplex (PHD) test performed well when used prospectively in a further 50 limbs (sensitivity of 86 per cent, accuracy of 84 per cent). The test was more sensitive than femoral pulse palpation and compared favourably with arteriography. The PHD test provides a simple, noninvasive assessment for aortoiliac disease that can be performed on the initial outpatient clinic visit.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Studies Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Currie
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lamont
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006940:Hyperemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011674:Pulse; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology