Review of Venous Vascular Ultrasound

Abstract

Duplex ultrasound (US) has become the new gold standard in the assessment of acute deep vein thrombosis. In view of the large number of cases with persistent changes, all cases should be reassessed at 6 months to document the extent of residual disease. The role of duplex US in chronic venous disease is less well established but it is evolving as the single most useful examination and is likely to supplant other noninvasive methods in the near future.

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“…The standard methods for the assessment of deep venous thrombosis are duplex and compression ultrasonography. Furthermore, duplex ultrasonography provides information regarding pathologic vessels that is comparable to the detail provided by high‐quality venography for diagnosing both proximal and distal lesions [13–15]. Both methods were used and showed no signs of deep venous thrombosis in the left lower limb of our patient.…”