Description

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

 


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