[Non-invasive evaluation of the greater and collateral circulation in arterial occlusive diseases of the lower extremities].

A method of dosed compressive loads with a simultaneous registration of linear blood flow rate in the femoral artery was used in 32 healthy people and 30 patients with different localization of atherosclerotic process in major vessels with the help of an ultrasound apparatus of Bi-Doppler class and specific blood filling of lower extremities by the method of tetrapolar rheography. It was shown that most sensitive and objective index for the assessment of major and collateral blood circulation is a decrease or absence of the retrograde blood flow.