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Peripheral Vascular

Noninvasive testing:

Ankle brachial indices (ABIs)- A screening method that checks the pressures in your vessels in efforts to determine potential blockage.

Duplex Scan/Ultrasound - A doppler microphone is placed over your skin and produces images of the vessel on a screen to determine if a blockage is present.

CT Scan - produces x-ray views of the vessel and provides information on the size & location of the vessel.

Invasive testing:

Angiogram - Dye is injected into an artery and the vessel is visualized with x-ray to detect blockages