A r t e r ia l c i r c u la t io n
The patient’s arterial circulation was assessed by palpating
the arteria dorsalis pedis and arteria tibialis posterior and
measuring the ankle-brachial pressure index with a handheld
Doppler. An ankle-brachial index greater than 0.9 was
considered to indicate a venous ulcer. The Doppler was also
used to measure deep or superficial venous insufficiency (vena
saphena magna, vena saphena parva and vena poplitea).The
diagnosis was determined from the variables reported in RUT
in combination with the clinical examination.