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What Can Cause No Pulse In A Limb?
Limb plethysmography is a test that compares blood pressure in the legs and arms.
Alternative Names
Plethysmography - limb
How the test is performed
This test may be done in the health care provider's office or in a hospital. You will be asked to lie in a partially propped-up position.
Three blood pressure cuffs are wrapped snugly around your arm and leg. The health care provider inflates the cuffs, and a machine called a plethysmograph measures the pulses from each cuff. The test records...
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