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ischemic limb exercise test
Indications:
- peripheral arterial disease: assessment of severity
Procedure:
- noninvasive physiologic studies of lower extremity arteries, at rest & following treadmill stress testing
- bidirectional Doppler waveform or volume plethysmography recording
- ankle/brachial indices
- time of onset of claudication or other symptoms
- maximal walking time
- time to recovery
Laboratory:
- serial specimen acquisition for muscle metabolites
- serum lactate
Related
acute peripheral arterial occlusion (severe acute limb ischemia)
peripheral arterial disease; peripheral artery atherosclerosis (PAD)
General
clinical procedure
References
CPT