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Figure 1 Typical protocol for the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes. Reprinted with permission from N Engl J Med 2001;344:1608–21. Copyright © 2001 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved. ABI = ankle-brachial index; PAD = peripheral arterial disease; PVR = pulse-volume recording; UDS = ultrasonic duplex scanning.