الفهرس 
Arterial Supply of the Lower ExtremitiesOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Peripheral vascular disease is a common cause of morbidity all around the world. Epidemiological studies indicate that up to 5% of men and 2.5% of women 60 years of age or older have symptoms of intermittent claudication. The prevalence is at least three fold higher when sensitive non-invasive tests are used to make the diagnosis of arterial insufficiency in asymptotic and symptomatic individuals.
Until as recently as ten years ago, catheter-directed conventional angiography and digital subtraction angiography were the only angiographic techniques that provided sufficient anatomical details to allow surgical planning for patients with peripheral vascular disease. However the complications and patient discomfort associated with these techniques have prompted the need of less invasive means of assessing-the lower extremity arterial system.