[Role of biochemical and radiological study methods in the evaluation of prognosis in acute ischemia of the limbs].

Examined were 47 patients with acute ischemia of the extremities: 29--with favourable outcome, and 18-with the development of gangrene. Scintigraphy of the extremity with 99mTc-Sn-pyrophosphate was performed; urinary excretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine, DOPA and dopamine, and vanillylmandelic acid as well was studied; the content of ACTH, cortisol and cyclic adenosine monophosphate in the blood was defined. The use of radionuclide and biochemical methods of investigation permits to assess the degree of severity of the ischemic injury to the tissues of the extremities.