Editor's Choice - Association of Pedal Acceleration Time With Healing and Amputation Free Survival in Patients With Ulceration and Gangrene.

Objective: Pedal acceleration time (PAT) is a novel non-invasive perfusion measurement that may be useful in the management of patients with ulceration and gangrene. The objective of this study was to report the association between PAT and wound healing, amputation free survival (AFS), and mortality at one year.

Methods: This prospective observational study reviewed all patients who underwent PAT after presentation with ulceration or gangrene from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2022.

How to set-up and perform contrast-enhanced ultrasound.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is an important part of current ultrasound imaging practice. Sonographers, radiologists and other sonologists should consider CEUS as a standard tool in the diagnostic toolbox of ultrasound and utilise it liberally to solve a wide range of imaging problems whilst reducing the need to resort to CT or MRI. Setting up a CEUS service is within easy reach of all motivated practitioners.