Table 6 Crucial factors for assessing the aortic and peripheral vascular access

Minimal patent arterial luminal short axis diameters

 • Aorta

 • Common iliac arteries

 • External iliac arteries

 • Common femoral arteries

 • Subclavian arteries

 • Innominate artery

Arterial tortuosity

 • Mild, moderate, severe

 • Kinking (tortuosity >90º)

 • Obstruction/thrombosis

Arterial calcification

 Extent

  • Mild, moderate, severe

 Pattern

  • Circumferential

  • Horseshoe

  • At bifurcations

 • Arterial dissection

 • Yes/no

Arterial complex atheromas

 • Yes/no