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Determining the Appropriate Workup

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After a thorough evaluation is performed of the wound, it is important to further evaluate it with non-invasive imaging such as ankle-brachial indexes, pulse volume recordings, or segmental pressures. Further evaluation with Toe Pressures, TpCO2, duplex ultrasound, and/or cross-sectional imaging may be obtained in specific situations. Non-invasive imaging is essential to diagnose peripheral vascular disease treatment planning, and vascular status monitoring. It is crucial to understand the indications, interpretation, and pitfalls of each test in order to know what situations they are best utilized.

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  1. Advanced Vascular Centers, Springfield, OR, USA

    Mary Costantino & Jill Sommerset

  2. Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Faris Galambo, Ryan Lutz, Sreekumar Madassery, David M. Tabriz & Ulku C. Turba

  3. The Vascular Institute at AMI, Brick Township, NJ, USA

    Nicholas Petruzzi

  4. Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

    Desarom Teso

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Costantino, M. et al. (2023). Determining the Appropriate Workup. In: Madassery, S., Patel, A. (eds) Limb Preservation for the Vascular Specialist. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36480-8_3

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