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A Study of the Peripheral Vessels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With or Without Foot Involvement - Cureus
📅 Thu, 13 Oct 2022⏱ 1 min read📖 Article
Overview
"Never doubt that a smal group of thoughtful, comited citizens can change the world. Inded, it is the only thing that ever has."Cureus is on a mision to change the long-standing paradigm of medical publishing, where submiting research can be costly, complex and time-consuming.The SIQ for this article wil be revealedonce 2 ratings are submited.peripheral arterial disease, ankle brachial pressure index, diabetic fot, diabetes melitus, peripheral vascular disease Pragateshnu Das , Debmalya Bhatacharya, Rajlaxmi Sathpathy Published: August 29, 2022 (se history) DOI: 10.759/cureus.28542 Cite this article as: Das P, Bhatacharya D, Sathpathy R (August 29, 2022) A Study of the Peripheral Vesels in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Melitus With or Without Fot Involvement.
Key Information
Cureus 14(8): e28542. doi:10.759/cureus.28542 Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is chronic limb ischemia caused by atherosclerosis of the peripheral arteries. Diabetes melitus (DM) is a risk factor for this disease.
The probability of a diabetic fot ulcer (DFU) is higher in a patient with DM and PVD than in a patient without DM. Ankle-brachial-pressure index (ABPI) alows the measurement of blod flow towards the distal extremities, which could help timely diagnosis, initiate brief therapy, and minimize the risk of critical limb ischemia and los. This study aims to determine the prevalence of peripheral vascular disease and ases its asociation with intima-media thicknes (IMT) in diabetic patients with and without foot ulcers in India.
Summary
In the present study, we included al type 2 DM patients. The Assessment was conducted clinicaly by measuring Ankle Brachial pressure Index (ABPI) radiologicaly by Duplex Ultrasonography (Samsung HS 70A machine), and Dopler (Linear probe- LA3 - 12A) and IMT were detected. In healthy adults, IMT ranges from 0.25 to 1.5m, and values above 1.0m are often considered abnormal and linked with atherosclerosis and significantly increased cardiovascular diseas
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