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Digital obstructive arterial disease can be detected by laser Doppler measurements with high sensitivity and specificity.

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OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to determine the sensitivity and specificity of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) measurements for digital obstructive arterial disease (DOAD) using angiography as the reference standard and to compare the accuracy of different classical tests used to assess DOAD. Diagnosis of vascular abnormalities at the digital level is challenging. Angiography is the gold standard for assessment of DOAD but is invasive and expensive to perform. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of consecutive patients referred at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn) for upper extremity arterial assessment during a 27-month period. Finger-brachial index, skin blood flow (in arbitrary units [a.u.]), and skin temperature (in degrees Celsius) were recorded in each digit on the pulp at baseline and after a thermal challenge test (hand placed in a thermal box at 47.0°C for 15 minutes). Angiogram analysis was blinded and performed by a radiologist using a vascularization scale ranging from 0 (no vessel) to 4 (normal). The receiver operating characteristic curve was used to define a specific cutoff point to detect DOAD. Twenty-two patients had LDF measurements and complete angiograms. RESULTS:A total of 185 digits were analyzed because some patients had only analysis of one hand. The best area under the curve (AUC) was 0.98 (range, 0.94-0.99) for postwarming skin blood flow, with a cutoff point of ≤206 a.u. This AUC was statistically different from AUCs of all the other tests (P < .01). Sensitivity and specificity were 93% (95% confidence interval, 85%-97%) and 96% (95% confidence interval, 90%-99%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS:LDF combined with a thermal challenge is highly accurate, safe, and noninvasive means to detect DOAD.

journal_name

J Vasc Surg

journal_title

Journal of vascular surgery

authors

Mahe G,Liedl DA,McCarter C,Shepherd R,Gloviczki P,McPhail IR,Rooke TW,Wennberg PW

doi

10.1016/j.jvs.2013.10.076

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-04-01 00:00:00

pages

1051-1057.e1

issue

eissn

0741-5214

issn

1097-6809

pii

S0741-5214(13)01943-5

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Digital obstructive arterial disease can be detected by laser Doppler measurements with high sensitivity and specificity.