Diagnosaurus
Absent or decreased pulse
DDx
- Diabetes or other cause of peripheral vascular disease
- Takayasu’s arteritis or "pulseless disease" (various pulses)
- Temporal (giant cell) arteritis (temporal artery)
- Thromboangiitis obliterans or Buerger’s disease (distal pulses)
- Aortic dissection (decreased or unequal pulses)
- Coarctation of the aorta (femoral pulses)
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Last updated: March 5, 2015
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Absent or Decreased Pulse." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114612/all/Absent_or_decreased_pulse.
Zeiger RFR. Absent or decreased pulse. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114612/all/Absent_or_decreased_pulse. Accessed May 12, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Absent or decreased pulse. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114612/all/Absent_or_decreased_pulse
Zeiger RFR. Absent or Decreased Pulse [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2025 May 12]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114612/all/Absent_or_decreased_pulse.
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