Vascular Ultrasound

Abstract

Surgeon-interpreted diagnostic ultrasound has become the preferred screening test and often the definitive test for the diagnosis of arterial stenosis, aneurysm, and venous thrombosis. As a modality for surveillance, its noninvasive quality makes it particularly appealing as the test of choice to screen patients for abdominal aortic aneurysms or to perform follow-up examinations on those patients with a carotid endartectomy or in situ bypass grafts. The increasing reliance on intraoperative duplex imaging of vascular procedures demands that the surgeon learn the skills to perform the studies without a technologist or radiologist to interpret the examination.

The impact of training in unselected patients on mortality and morbidity in carotid endarterectomy in a vascular training center and the recommendations of the European Board of Surgery Qualification in Vascular Surgery

“…The ultrasound criteria for a internal carotid stenosis between 50 and 70% required a PSV of more than 125 cm/s; for an internal carotid stenosis 470% an internal, to common carotid artery PSV-ratio of more then four; for internal carotid stenosis 480% an end diastolic velocity of 130 cm/s was required. 11,12 All operations were performed under general anaesthesia. All postoperative in-hospital complications were registrated.…”

Ultraschalldiagnostik des rupturierten Bauchaortenaneurysmas bei Nierenkolik

“…Es ist deswegen ein großer Vorteil, wenn Chirurgen und Urologen die sonographische Diagnostik erlernen und beherrschen [5]. Inzwischen gibt es kleine, tragbare Hand-held-Ultra- …”

The Vascular Laboratory: A Proven Necessity for Optimal Vascular Disease Management but Rare in Developing Countries

“…This is best accomplished in the noninvasive vascular ultrasound laboratory (NIVUL), which is a low-cost, high-impact clinic dedicated to the diagnosis of vascular disease via the use of noninvasive methods. 1 For more than three decades, the NIVUL has served as an integral component of the vascular surgical practice. 2 The laboratory uses physiological (nonimaging) and anatomical (imaging) methods.…”

“…This is best accomplished in the noninvasive vascular ultrasound laboratory (NIVUL), which is a low-cost, high-impact clinic dedicated to the diagnosis of vascular disease via the use of noninvasive methods. 1…”