title: [Non-invasive explorations in arteriopathy of the lower limbs].
abstract: FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF AN ARTERIOPATHY: The approach is basically clinical, and vascular explorations are represented by the measurement of ankle blood pressure and calculation of the pressure index, a simple test that should systematically complete the examination. THE SEARCH FOR LOCAL LESIONS OF POTENTIALLY POOR PROGNOSIS: These are principally aneurysm and stenosis of the derivation routes that should be searched for using a Doppler in order to localise them and, completed by measurement of ankle blood pressure, specify the upstream impact and the ultrasound-Doppler analysis of certain selected areas. BEFORE REVASCULARISATION: The arteriography, examination of reference until recently, has certain limits that explain its more restricted use and the widened use of ultrasound-Doppler explorations, combined with magnetic resonance imaging and scanning.
authors.affiliation: Unité fonctionnelle de médecine vasculaire, Service de chirurgie thoracique et cardiovasculaire et de médecine vasculaire, Hôpital Dupuytren, CHU de Limoges.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lacroix
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Aboyans
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guilloux
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laskar
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D000842:Ankle; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler