[Evaluation of function in the clinically early stages of arterial occlusive disease].

In order to prove inhibitions of the arterial system in the region of the lower extremities and for the judgement of their haemodynamic efficacy Doppler-sonographic measurements of the systolic pressure in patients in the asymptomatic stage I after Fontaine were performed. With regard to the early recognition and judgment of the function the behaviour of the peripheral blood pressure concerning the standardized work of the muscles of the arterial ischaemia, measured at size and duration of the induced decrease of pressure, proved to be particularly evident. Diagnostic informations going beyond the examination under conditions of rest could be brought so that the functional test is particularly suitable for the recognition of early clinical stages the arterial obturation disease in the region of the extremities.