Innovative Arterial Duplex Examination

A Guide to Evaluate Flow in the Foot Using Pedal Acceleration Time

Sommerset, Jill RVT
Teso, Desarom MD
Feliciano, Beejay MD
Vea, Yolanda MD
Sentman, Michelle RVT
Zimmerman, Natalie RVT
Nyholm, Calli RVT
Honl, Rachel RVT
Karmy-Jones, Riyad MD

¹PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, Vancouver, WA, USA
²Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA

Jill Sommerset, Division of Vascular Surgery, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, 505 NE 87th Ave, Bld B, Suite 301, Vancouver, WA 98668-1600, USA. Email: [email protected]

Journal for Vascular Ultrasound 43(1):p 11-17, March 2019. | DOI: 10.1177/1544316719827328

Evaluation of the pedal arteries has not been well evaluated by noninvasive duplex ultrasound. It offers an alternative approach that directly studies the angiosome supply of the foot. The goal of this article is to describe the technique, protocol, and criteria to properly evaluate the pedal arteries of the foot with noninvasive duplex ultrasound.