Value of high resistance index - HRI calculated from Doppler spectrum of popliteal arteries in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (original) (raw)

Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2004

Abstract

HRI is a new Doppler index calculated as a ratio between S -maximal systolic flow and D -maximal early diastolic reversed flow -HRI=D/S. The aim of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic significance of HRI calculated from the Doppler spectrum of popliteal arteries in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with and without secondary antiphospholipid syndrome (SAPS) compared with healthy controls. During 9-month period (May 2003 -January 2004), 93 patients (81 women and 12 men) with SLE (including 24 patients with SAPS) and 30 healthy controls (24 women and 6 men) underwent bilateral duplex Doppler examinations of lower limb arteries. The examinations were performed using HDI 3500 (ATL) with 5 -12 MHz linear transducer under standardized conditions: correct insonation angle and sample volume size, with the patient in a supine position, after 10 minutes rest. Mean HRI value obtained in the control group was 0.415 (range 0.305 -0.555; median 0.402). In the group of SLE patie...

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