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Investigation of arterial claudication with transcutaneous oxygen pressure at exercise: Interests and limits

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Transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TcpO2) measurement has been used for years at rest in patients with lower extremity artery disease. It was proposed for exercise testing (Ex-TcpO2) in the 80ies to evaluate regional blood flow impairment (RBFI) at the proximal and distal levels simultaneously and on both sides, in case of claudication. It was suggested that the use of a chest electrode was mandatory to show that decreases in TcpO2 at the limb level result from limb RBFI and not from a systemic pO2 decrease of cardiopulmonary origin (exercise-induced hypoxemia). Unfortunately, a major pitfall of Ex-TcpO2 was the low absolute reliability of the regional perfusion index (RPI: ratio of limb to chest values) and the technique was almost abandoned until 2003, when the DROP index (Decrease from rest of oxygen pressure: limb changes minus chest changes from rest) was proposed. The DROP mathematical formula makes Tcpo2 results independent from the absolute pO2 starting values, improving reliability of Ex-TcpO2 as compared to the RPI. Since then, Ex-TcpO2 has been of renewed interest. The present paper addresses the physiology of Ex-TcpO2, interpretation of its results, and common misunderstandings about its use.
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hal-03582512 , version 1 (24-04-2023)

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Pierre Abraham, Pierre Ramondou, Jeanne Hersant, Wendsèndaté Yves Sempore, Mathieu Feuilloy, et al.. Investigation of arterial claudication with transcutaneous oxygen pressure at exercise: Interests and limits. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021, 31 (4), pp.218-223. ⟨10.1016/j.tcm.2020.03.003⟩. ⟨hal-03582512⟩
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