Case study
Patient 2
Male
Case details to add
- Age and presenting history
- Pulses and pressures (ABPI, TBI, toe pressure)
- Which of the five scenarios it matches
Listen
Start at the femoral and work your way down. At each site, play the left and right recordings a few times. Decide the phase of each signal before you move on.
Remember
Real-life arterial sounds are only as good as the angle of the probe. Read the sound alongside the pulses, the pressures and the full clinical picture.
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1 Common femoral
LeftRight -
2 Popliteal
LeftRight -
3 Peroneal
LeftRight -
4 Posterior tibial
LeftRight -
5 Dorsalis pedis
LeftRight
Expert reading to add A reveal for each recording (triphasic, biphasic or monophasic) and the expert commentary.
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