Drako de Amorim Souza, Pedro Victor Freitas Medrado, Vinícius Alves Santos, Carolline Xavier de Aguiar, Guilherme Souza Silva, Lucas Pereira Pintos de Sousa, Yasmin Bione Diniz Amando, Paulo Fernandes Saad
Currently, the standard non-invasive test for diagnosing Peripheral Arterial Disease is the Ankle-Brachial Index. However, this test becomes unfeasible in a certain population. New evidence proposes the pedal acceleration time, an ultrasound index, as an alternative test. An integrative bibliographic review was carried out between June 3, 2022 and January 8, 2023, to investigate this new index as a tool to assess foot perfusion. Papers published in English, Portuguese, or Spanish between 2012 and 2022 were searched on PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scielo, using the keywords "Peripheral Arterial Disease" AND "Acceleration Time" AND (Pedal OR Plantar)...
2024: Jornal Vascular Brasileiro