Diagnostics

Means of Contrast NMR in Peripheral Arterial Diseases

The diagnosis of peripheral arterial diseases is generally based on clinical reports and on the measurement of arm/ankle pressure index. But when we are before the need to proceed with revascularization surgeries, imaging techniques are obviously used to have a surer diagnosis and to quantify the problem. With this meta-analysis on 32 prospective trials (each with a variable sample from 10 to 76 patients), sensitiveness and specificity of means of contrast NMR have been assessed and compared with gold standard represented by angiography.
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