Patients referred for arterial duplex scanning were examined for the presence of foot lesions and the presence of pedal pulses (dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses). Patients were included ...

The dorsalis pedis artery supplies oxygenated blood to the dorsal (upper) side of the foot. It originates at the anterior tibial artery in the leg, runs across the top of the foot and ankle bones ...

We find it helpful to mark the location of each pedal artery with a black marker ... Note that in a small number of patients, the dorsalis pedis pulse is absent. Once you have found a pulse ...

His popliteal and pedal pulses are absent ... examination includes palpation of pulses in the femoral, popliteal, dorsalis pedis, and posterior tibial arteries in the legs and in the brachial ...

He had strongly palpable dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses in the left foot ... At the 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up visits, he remained symptom free, with palpable pedal pulses. Bilateral ...