Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Ulceration
Excessive Sweating (Hyperhidrosis)
Investigation of Lower Limb Arterial Disease
Most patients attending Professor Bradbury's clinics with symptoms of Peripheral Arterial Disease will have the blood pressure in their feet measured and compared with the blood pressure in the arm. These pressures should be roughly equal and a lower pressure in the leg than the arm is an indication that some furring up of the arteries is present.
Patients may also have a Duplex Ultrasound Scan of the arteries in the legs and / or tummy.
Patients with more severe symptoms may have an angiogram, or x-ray of the blood vessels. In this test a dye that shows up on x-rays is injected into the circulation and, as the heart pumps the dye down the legs a series of x-rays is taken producing a detailed image of the blood vessels, clearly demonstrating any narrowings or blockages which might be present.
