Robertson G S, Ristic C D, Bullen B R
George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton.
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1990 Mar;72(2):99-100.
The pedal pulses of 547 young healthy subjects were examined using digital palpation and a Doppler probe to determine the incidence of congenitally absent foot pulses. The posterior tibial (PT) pulse was absent in only one subject (0.18%), while the dorsalis pedis (DP) pulse was bilaterally absent in nine subjects (1.8%) and unilaterally absent in a further six subjects. The low incidence of congenital absence makes the clinical finding of an absent pedal pulse in later life a more significant marker of peripheral vascular disease than current surgical texts would have us believe.
对547名年轻健康受试者的足部脉搏进行了检查，采用数字触诊和多普勒探头来确定先天性足部脉搏缺失的发生率。仅1名受试者（0.18%）的胫后（PT）脉搏缺失，而9名受试者（1.8%）双侧足背（DP）脉搏缺失，另有6名受试者单侧足背脉搏缺失。先天性缺失的发生率较低，这使得在晚年临床发现足部脉搏缺失成为比当前外科文献让我们认为的更为重要的外周血管疾病标志物。
