PERIPHERAL VASCULAR PERFUSION SCANNING

Peripheral vascular perfusion scan during rest and reactive hyperemia does not necessarily offer the same information as the arteriogram or the clinical assessment of the peripheral pulses. The information obtained from the peripheral vascular perfusion scan offers potentially clinically useful information regarding the physiologic significance of various arterial lesions to the surgeon in selection of his therapeutic approach. The peripheral vascular perfusion scan uniquely and under varied physiologic conditions permits assessment of the effect of arterial disease on the distribution of perfusion within the extremity. The peripheral vascular perfusion scan is not in competition with, but is complementary to, arteriography and clinical assessment of the patient with peripheral vascular disease.