Case study

Patient 8

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.

1 Common femoral

Left
No recording for this site

Right
No recording for this site
2 Popliteal

Left
No recording for this site

Right
No recording for this site
3 Peroneal

Left
No recording for this site

Right
No recording for this site
4 Posterior tibial

Left

Right
5 Dorsalis pedis

Left

Right

Expert reading to add A reveal for each recording (triphasic, biphasic or monophasic) and the expert commentary.

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Patient 8

Listen

1 Common femoral

2 Popliteal

3 Peroneal

4 Posterior tibial

5 Dorsalis pedis