The dorsalis pedis artery supplies oxygenated blood to the dorsal (upper) side of the foot. It originates at the anterior tibial artery in the leg, runs across the top of the foot and ankle bones ...

Measure the systolic arterial pressures in the following order: right brachial, right dorsalis pedis, right posterior tibial, left dorsalis pedis, left posterior tibial, and left brachial.

The presence of ischemia can be confirmed by the inability to detect either the dorsalis pedis or the posterior tibial pulse. Whether the patient with such signs should be referred for specialist ...

To interpret the findings of this examination it is necessary to know the normal occurrence of both the dorsalis pedis and the posterior tibial pulses. Previous studies on the frequency of absent ...

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