how to check blood flow in legs
A common test for checking the blood flow in your legs is called a PVR (pulse volume recording) study. During this test, cuffs like the ones used to measure blood pressure in your arm are wrapped around your arm and your leg on the same side of your body.Four cuffs are wrapped around your leg--1 at the upper thigh, 1 at the lower thigh, 1 at the upper calf and 1 at the ankle.uring this test, cuffs like the ones used to measure blood pressure in your arm are wrapped around your arm and your leg on the same side of your body. Four cuffs are wrapped around your leg--1 at the upper thigh, 1 at the lower thigh, 1 at the upper calf and 1 at the ankle.
A cardiac catheterization can check blood flow in the coronary arteries, check blood flow and blood pressure in the chambers of the heart, find out how well the heart valves work, and check for defects in the way the wall of the heart moves.