Which finding on a lower extremity arterial duplex most reliably differentiates a complete occlusion from a very high-grade stenosis?
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A
Absence of color Doppler signal alone
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B
No detectable spectral Doppler flow despite optimized gain settings and wall-filter reduction
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C
Presence of acoustic shadowing posterior to the vessel
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D
A peak systolic velocity ratio exceeding 4.0