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The purpose of this study was to review the outcome of adopting colour-coded duplex ultrasonography as the primary imaging modality in patients with symptomatic lower-limb arterial disease. Over a 12-month period 467 consecutive lower-limb duplex scans were performed of which 437 (94 per cent) were technically adequate. Of the 467 limbs, 184 (39 per cent) were managed conservatively, 230 (49 per cent) were referred for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), 41 (9 per cent) underwent reconstructive surgery and 12 (3 per cent) required diagnostic arteriography. In patients referred for PTA there were only 22 (10 per cent) unexpected findings; there was agreement about superficial femoral artery occlusion length in 95 (89 per cent) of 107 limbs and about the presence or absence of a superficial femoral artery stump in 91 (85 per cent) of 107 cases. In patients referred for surgery there were no unexpected findings. Colour-coded duplex imaging can safely replace diagnostic arteriography in up to 97 per cent of lower limbs with arterial disease.
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