ARTERIOGRAPHY OF THE PELVIS AND LOWER EXTREMITIES WITH MOVING TABLE TECHNIQUE

¹ From the Department of Radiology (Associate Professor, [University of Lund, Sweden]), University of Florida Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Gainesville, Florida
² From the Department of Radiology (Visiting Assistant Professors, [University of Lund, Sweden]), University of Florida Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Gainesville, Florida

The moving table technique of angiography, in which the patient is automatically transported through a stationary zone of x-ray exposure so as to follow a moving contrast material boltis, is well suited for the study of vascular beds too long to be depicted with conventional techniques.

Using a single "definitive" injection of contrast material through a catheter with its tip in the aortic bifurcation area, we have adequately shown the vasculature from the bifurcation to the feet, bilaterally, in over 80 per cent of our last 53 patients.

We have enumerated the factors we believe important to success, the major two being a long injection time and knowledge of the circulation time of contrast medium to the knee so that the programming can be altered to fit the individual patient.

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