Association Between the Effectiveness and Magnitude of Foot Microcirculation Assessed by Radionuclide Angiography and One Year Limb Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Limb Threatening Ischaemia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Microcirculation focused evaluations may provide physiological insights that complement those of the established clinical criteria for patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia (CLTI), since complex treatments are needed in this high risk population. However, current methods for quantitatively assessing foot microcirculation are limited. Thus, in this study, the aim was to demonstrate a proof of concept non-invasive method with novel parameters for assessing foot microcirculation.

Methods

This was a single centre prospective cohort pilot study. The lower limbs of 13 patients diagnosed with CLTI were evaluated by radionuclide (RN) angiography with ^99mTc-tetrofosmin two weeks after revascularisation or non-revascularisation procedures. Novel paramet

SUBMITTER: Hashimoto T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11803901 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature