Pedal Acceleration Time (PAT): A Novel Predictor of Limb Salvage

Autor: Matthew Dally, Jill Sommerset, Yolanda Vea, Riyad Karmy Jones, Desarom Teso, Beejay Feliciano
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Percutaneous
Databases
Factual

Limb salvage
medicine.medical_treatment
Ischemia
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Risk Assessment
Amputation
Surgical

030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Peripheral Arterial Disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
Humans
Medicine
Ultrasonography
Doppler
Color

Aged
Retrospective Studies
Aged
80 and over

Foot
business.industry
Endovascular Procedures
Ultrasound
General Medicine
Intermittent Claudication
Limb Salvage
medicine.disease
Peripheral
body regions
Treatment Outcome
medicine.anatomical_structure
Amputation
Regional Blood Flow
Ultrasonography
Doppler
Pulsed

Cardiology
Female
Vascular Grafting
Surgery
Ankle
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Blood Flow Velocity
Artery
Zdroj: Annals of Vascular Surgery. 75:189-193
ISSN: 0890-5096
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2021.02.038
Popis: Background In the setting of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), pedal arch interrogation by ultrasound has not been well described. Patients with noncompressible vessels and/or open wounds of the foot may preclude the use of ankle-brachial indices, toe pressure measurements, or TcPO2, respectively. We propose that pedal artery interrogations with Pedal Acceleration Time (PAT) can be a predictor for limb salvage in patients with Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI). Methods A retrospective review of a prospectively kept database was performed from 2018 to 2019. Patients with pending amputation due to severe infection (WIFI infection class 2 and 3) were excluded from the study. We identified 73 limbs with CLTI that fit the inclusion criteria. Data included WIFI classification, age, gender, cardiovascular risk factors, PAT, ABI, and TBI when reliable, were collected. PAT measurements were categorized into 4 classifications; 1 (40–120 msec), 2 (121–180 msec), 3 (181–224 msec), and 4 (Greater than 225 msec). Statistical analyses were performed. Results Seventy-three limbs with CLTI were included in our study. All patients underwent arterial revascularization with either percutaneous technique or arterial bypass. Limb salvage was achieved in 59 (81%) of the 73 limbs. All 59 limbs had a 2-classification improvement in their PAT following interventions. A total of 14 (19%) limbs without improvement in their PAT underwent above ankle level amputations. An improvement in PAT classes to class 1 or 2 is associated with limb salvage. Conclusions Patients with noncompressible ankle pressures or nonobtainable toe pressures poses a challenge in the complete assessment of WIFI classification. Our group has shown that PAT can be used in the scoring system for severity of ischemia in conjunction with current WIFI classification. Our data suggests that limb salvage correlates with post procedure PAT in category 1 and 2. Therefore we propose that PAT be added as part of the WIFI classification.
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