Skin perfusion pressure of the foot is a good substitute for toe pressure in the assessment of limb ischemia

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-36

  Tsai, Felix W ^a   Tulsyan, Nirman ^a   Jones, Darrell N ^b   Abdel Al, Naglaa ^a   Castronuovo, John J ^a   Carter, Stefan A ^c  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034234984     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2000.107310     Document Type: Article

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