Automated Dopplers Vascular ABI / TBI
Vascular Doppler Recorder for ABI / TBI - Item Code: VERSALAB LE
The Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) is a measure of the severity of atherosclerosis in the legs but is also an independent indicator of the risk of subsequent atherothrombotic events elsewhere in the vascular system. The ABI may be used as a risk marker both in the general population free of clinical CVD and in patients with established CVD.
Continuous wave Doppler ultrasound is considered a reliable tool and was validated and accepted into routine medical practice. The literature recognises the importance of assessment in the management of a patient with chronic lower limb ulceration. The evidence from the medical literature indicates that a "normal" ABI is 0.91 or greater, a ratio below this indicating arterial disease.
Patients with DM may have calcified and hardened lower extremity arterial walls that cannot be readily compressed and occluded with blood pressure cuffs. This produces falsely elevated ankle pressure readings that are often in the “normal ABI range” (0.91 to 1.4) or sometimes in the non-physiological range of above 1.4. However, Calcified leg arteries in Diabetes Mellitus or dialysis patients may yield falsely elevated ABI results.
A photoplethysmogram (PPG) is an optically obtained Plethysmogram, a volumetric measurement of an organ. The PPG Toe blood pressure and related Toe Brachial Index (TBI) are performed to assess the vascular condition of the foot by obtaining systolic pressures at the toe. Toe pressures may be useful in cases of unsuspected vascular disease and in baseline diabetic foot assessment where falsely high ankle pressures can occur due to calcification of tibial vessel.
Features:
- Ankle Brachial Index and Toe Brachial Index
- Doppler (C.W) with 8MHz Transducer
- Photo Plethysmography (PPG) Toe sensor
- Large LCD screen to display parameter
- Software for complete arterial vascular profile
- Computer connectivity enabled
- Software for data transfer, storage and patient report
- Software supports Windows Xp(SP3)/ Win 7/ Win 8/ Win10
- Standards matching International standards