Summit Vista AVS Advanced ABI/Vascular System

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Summit Vista AVS - Advanced ABI/Vascular System

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Product Code: L500VA

Description

The Vista AVS is a full-featured ABI system designed to make the ABI and other arterial exams faster and easier to conduct, interpret and document. The system features an on-screen guide with a convenient hand-held controller to ease the ABI exam. The Vista AVS will also accommodate your custom protocols in a unique �Fastview� mode.

System includes: On-Screen Guide, PVR, 8 MHz Doppler, PPG Auto Cuff Inflation/Deflation, Individual Site Mode, PC Software, Stand & 5 Cuffs

Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease
The Vista AVS is a full-featured ABI system designed to make the ABI and other arterial exams faster and easier to conduct, interpret and document. The system features an on-screen guide with a convenient hand-held controller to ease the ABI exam. The Vista AVS will also accommodate your custom protocols in a unique �Fastview� mode. The most common test to diagnose Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is the Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) exam, a simple, non-invasive test that compares the systolic blood pressures at the ankles with the systolic pressures at the arms. Systolic pressures are obtained using a blood pressure cuff and either a bi-directional Doppler probe or arterial photoplethysmography (PPG) probe for toe pressures.

Reimbursement
Peripheral arterial waveforms, obtained while performing the ABI, are required for reimbursement. The diagnosis of PAD is reimbursable under CPT code 93922, an average of $120 per exam. This average is based on published Medicare Fee Schedules, CMMS Part B Contractors, 2007. (Reimbursements & amounts vary by state.)

Fast and Efficient
A graphic waveform display provides step-by-step ABI instructions during the exam. Automatic cuff inflation and deflation, along with automatic ABI and/or TBI calculation, expedite the process of obtaining the ABI. The system has also been designed to accommodate both standard and customized protocols. The ABI can be performed in either the standard protocol sequence or the unique, "Individual Site Mode" to obtain a pressure or waveform from any arterial site.

Personal Computer (PC) Report Software
The AVS Report software is an optional package that allows examination results to be downloaded from the Vista AVS to a PC. It enables the clinician to annotate the patient data, add interpretation and comments, store data and print a patient examination report. There are 10 storage locations on the Vista AVS for saving exam data files using either numeric or alpha-character file names.

Who Would Benefit Most from the Vista AVS?
Many medical practices have already implemented the ABI exam to diagnose PAD in patients experiencing symptoms, such as intermittent claudication and ischemic rest pain. The advanced diagnostic features and options of the Vista AVS are beneficial for practices that perform a moderate to high number of ABIs and want to increase efficiency. The Vista AVS is most effective in practices that provide care to patients suffering from heart problems, diabetes, obesity and smoking who would be at a higher risk for PAD.

The Vista AVS makes the ABI and other arteial exams faster and easier to conduct, interpret and document. The exam is managed by an on-screen guide and hand-held controller. Advanced diagnostic features have been included to enable the user to perform fast, efficient peripheral arterial exams.

Multiple Diagnostic Modalities
The Vista AVS has three modality options that allow for variation in obtaining systolic pressures and waveforms. Either the bi-directional Doppler probe or pulse volume recording (PVR) can be used to obtain ankle waveforms for reimbursement. Pressures are obtained by using either teh bi-directional Doppler probe or the PPG probe.

Doppler - Bi-directional Doppler probe is used to obtain both systolic pressures and waveforms. Blood flow toward the probe is indicated above the baseline and flow away is indicated below. Pressures obtained by using a Doppler are considered the gold-standard for the ABI exam.

PVI - PVR is another method to obtain a waveform by applying cuffs to the limb and inflating to 65 mmHg to detect the miniscule fluctuations in limb volume that occur with each heartbeat. Since Doppler sensitivity may be diminished due to arterial calcification, PVR is usually the option of choice for obtaining a peripheral arterial waveform from patients with noncompressible arteries, such as patients with diabetes and renal disease.

PPG - Arterial PPG is another modality used for detecting small changes of blood volume. When used with a digit cuff, the PPG is quite useful for measuring toe pressures of patients with noncompressible arteries. The comparison of toe pressure to brachial pressure is referred to as the Toe Brachial Index (TBI) exam.

Click here for information on ICD 9 Codes for CPT 93922

Click here for information on Reimbursement for the PAD Examination

Click here for CPT Codes and Reimbursement by State

Features

Automatic cuff inflation/deflation system
Graphic waveform display provides step-by-step ABI instructions
An "Individual Site Mode" for customizing your exam at various arterial sites
Automatic ABI & TBI calculation
Built-in printer for waveforms, pressures and indices on adhesive-backed label paper
Photoplethysmography (arterial PPG) for obtaining digit pressures
Bi-directional Doppler (5 & 8 MHz probes) with 5 blood pressure cuffs
Pulse Volume Recording (PVR) waveform modality
Battery or line-powered operation
Optional software with full-page reporting and exam storage, provides download capability (.pdf and .csv file formats - USB interface to PC)