Role of Doppler ultrasound and angiography in the diagnosis of the vascular pathology in the pelvic limb

A retrospective study on 218 patients indicated the ultrasound Doppler to diagnose the vascular pathology in the pelvic limb has shown that the image of ultrasound found the artherosclerosis in the major arteries, which frequently occurred in the patients with the blood supply insufficiency for limb during movement. The lesion of vasculitis and arterial thrombosis and embolism only located in the minor arteries and not found by ultrasound. When finding the lesion of artherosclerosis included thrombolism in the medium or major arteries, the patients should be indicated the angiography to identify and evaluate generally for next indications