Infrared thermography as option for evaluating the treatment effect of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty by patients with peripheral arterial disease

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Authors

STAFFA Erik BERNARD Vladan KUBÍČEK Luboš VLACHOVSKÝ Robert VLK Daniel MORNSTEIN Vojtěch BOUREK Aleš STAFFA Robert

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Vascular
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Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1708538116640444
Field Biophysics
Keywords Infrared thermography; percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; peripheral arterial disease; ankle-brachial index
Description Aim of this study was to evaluate the possible use of infrared thermography as a supplementary method to the anklebrachial index used in assessing the treatment effect of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The study included 21 patients, mean age was 60.22 years. Healthy control group included 20 persons, mean age was 55.60 years. Patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (Fontaine stages I–III) were admitted for endovascular treatment by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Thermal images and ankle-brachial index values were obtained before and after treatment by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Median temperature change in the treated limb was 0.4 C, for nontreated limb was –0.5 C. The median value of ankle-brachial index in the treated limb increased by 0.17 from 0.81 after the procedure. The median value of ankle-brachial index in the non-treated limb decreased by 0.03 from the value of 1.01. Significant difference between treated limb and non-treated limb in change of ankle-brachial index was found with p value = 0.0035. The surface temperature obtained by the infrared thermography correlates with ankle-brachial index. We present data showing that the increase of ankle-brachial index is associated with increase of skin temperature in the case of limbs treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Our results also suggest potential of the use of infrared thermography for monitoring foot temperature as a means of early detection of onset of foot ischemic disorders.
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