French Vascular Physicians Clinical Trial
Official title:
Assessment of Professional Practices - Arterial Doppler Waveforms Analysis in PAD
The main objective is to evaluate the differences of terminology used when describing
arterial doppler waveforms.
To assess the impact of an educational process
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a common pathology that affects more than 200 million
people worldwide. The prevalence of this pathology is estimated in France at 11% in patients
over 40 years old. The Doppler arterial waveforms analysis is an important element to assess
the hemodynamic state of a patient and contributes to the diagnosis of the pathology. A
number of classifications have been proposed but their use varies from one university to
another. We hypothesize that there is a great heterogeneity in the description of the
arterial Doppler flow analysis. In addition, a new classification (Saint-Bonnet) has recently
been proposed and we will evaluate the effect of the use of this one. The main objective is
to evaluate the differences of terminology used when describing arterial Doppler waveforms.
The secondary objectives are: to understand the variations observed and expected (initial,
continuous training, place of exercise ...) and to study the effect of a new classification
on the heterogeneity of responses.
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