Arterial Insufficiency
What is it?
Causes
Signs & Symptoms
Diagnostic Tests
- Insufficient arterial flow to tissues causes ischemia and eventually necrosis, resulting in arterial ulcers
Causes
- Arteriosclerosis
- Scar tissue
- Vasculitis
- Trauma
- Diabetes
Signs & Symptoms
- Cramp-like sensation in calf when walking
- Pain in buttock, thigh, or foot
- Hairless skin on lower extremity
- Thick toenails
- Pale leg when elevated
- Capillary refill time >3 seconds
- Diminished/absent pulse
- ulcers
Diagnostic Tests
- Ankle-brachial index
- Pulse volume recording
- Duplex ultrasonography
- X-ray
- MRI
- Neurofilament testing