This document evaluates the results of MR angiography (MRA) in diabetic foot patients to detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD). A cross-sectional study of 100 diabetic patients with clinical symptoms of PAD found that while 32% had abnormal ankle brachial index measurements, 63.4% showed abnormalities on MRA. The conclusion is that while ankle brachial index is trustworthy for detecting severe ischemia, MRA should be used for other degrees of ischemia as it can detect more cases of abnormality than ankle brachial index alone. More patients need to be studied to determine what types of abnormalities found on MRA are associated with outcomes like healing or amputation.

1. EVALUATION OF MR ANGIOGRAPHY RESULTS
IN DIABETIC FOOT PATIENTS
Majid Moini�, Zohreh Annabestani�, Shahrzad Mohseni�, Masoume Mansouri�
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Sina Hospital Tehran University Of Medical Sciences ,Tehran,Iran
� Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
�Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute,
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2. INTRODUCTION
Diabetic Ischemic Ulcer

3. STUDY AIM
Evaluate MRA results
Relation of MRA to Ankle Brachial Index (ABI)
as a primary diagnostic test of choice inp y g
detecting :
peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

4. CLINICAL STUDY&
RESULTES
Patients
Cross Sectional Study
Patients
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clinically
symptoms of
PAD
ABI: ��% out of range
MRA : ��.�% abnormal

5. CONCLUSION
In severe ischemia, the results of ABI&MRA are in
the same
In severe ischemia ABI is trustworthy, but in other
degrees of ischemia MRA should be used
More patients to determine which kind of
abnormality associate with outcome including
healing or amputation.