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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:

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)

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Peripheral Arterial Disease

82% sensitive, 89% specific