
Thigh to Ankle Gradient Index (TAGI)
Purpose: | To evaluate a patient with peripheral artery disease in a lower extremity using the lower thigh to ankle gradient index (TAGI). |
Specialty: | Cardiology Emergency Medicine Pulmonology |
Objective: | other testing, severity, prognosis, stage, selection |
ICD-10: | G63.5, I70, I71, I72, I73, M35.9 |
Description: | The thigh to ankle gradient index (TAGI) can be used to evaluate a patient with peripheral artery disease in the lower extremity. It is particularly useful in patients with atherosclerosis in tibial artery. It can help identify a patient who may benefit from a profundoplasty. |
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