Profunda Popliteal Collateral Index (PPCI)

Purpose: To calculate the profunda popliteal collateral index (PPCI) for a patient with possible peripheral artery disease involving a lower extremity.

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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient for peripheral artery disease involving a lower extremity?

Yes

Systolic blood pressure above the knee

mm Hg

Systolic blood pressure below the knee

mm Hg

Does the patient have an occlusion in the superficial femoral artery?

Yes

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Profunda popliteal collateral index (PPCI)

Does the PPCI suggest good collateral flow through the profunda femoral artery?

Is a profundoplasty likely to be sucessful in this patient?

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
- Shock Index
Imaging Studies
Laboratory Tests
- Cardiac Output by Indicator-Dilution Method
Other Testing
Criteria For Diagnosis
- Ratio of Pulse Pressure to Systolic Blood Pressure (Proportional Pulse)
- Inter-arm Blood Pressure Differences
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications

Therapy

Selection

Monitoring

Complication Detection

Specialty

Cardiology
Emergency Medicine
Pulmonology

Objective

severity
prognosis
stage

ICD-10

G63.5 - Polyneuropathy in systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M35+)
I70 - Atherosclerosis
I71 - Aortic aneurysm and dissection
I72 - Other aneurysm and dissection
I73 - Other peripheral vascular diseases
M35.9 - Systemic involvement of connective tissue, unspecified

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Purpose: To calculate the profunda popliteal collateral index (PPCI) for a patient with possible peripheral artery disease involving a lower extremity.

Specialty: Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Pulmonology

Objective: severity, prognosis, stage

ICD-10: G63.5, I70, I71, I72, I73, M35.9,

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