Peripheral Artery Disease Score: Sensitivity and Specificity
Introduction:
None written. Excerpt from the entry in Peripheral Arterial Disease:
< 6 of the following in asymptomatic patients:
< 6 of the following in asymptomatic patients:
The number of auscultated components (right posterior tibial artery + left posterior tibial artery; range of 0 for none heard to 3 for normal for each artery)
plus
The grade of palpated posterior tibial artery (right posterior tibial artery + left posterior tibial artery; 2 for normal, 1 for palpated but abnormal, 0 for not palpable for each artery)
plus
A history of myocardial infarction (1 for none, 0 for prior myocardial infarction)
Associated Diagnoses:
82% sensitive, 89% specific