The Leriche-Fontaine stages of peripheral vascular disease is the same as the Fontaine stages of limb ischemia.
Parameters:
(1) pain
(2) pain-free walking distance
(3) ankle arterial pressure in mm Hg
(4) skin changes
Pain
|
Pain-Free Walking Distance
|
Ankle Arterial Pressure
|
Skin Changes
|
Stage
|
none or with effort
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
I
|
with effort
|
>= 200 m
|
NA
|
NA
|
IIA
|
with effort
|
< 200 m
|
NA
|
NA
|
IIB
|
at rest
|
NA
|
>= 50 mm Hg
|
NA
|
IIIA
|
at rest
|
NA
|
< 50 mm Hg
|
NA
|
IIIB
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
trophic lesions, gangrene, necrosis
|
IV
|