Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis was designed to instruct physicians on how to make a greater number of correct decisions regarding care and how to save some patients from unnecessary and expensive procedures.
Contents
Vascular Laboratory Operations
- Improving Quality in Noninvasive Testing by Certification and Accreditation
- Qualifications of the Physician in the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory
Basic Physics
- Principles and Instruments of Diagnostic Ultrasound and Doppler Ultrasound
Cerebrovascular Diagnosis
- Overview of Cerebrovascular Disease
- Overview of Various Noninvasive Cerebrovascular Techniques
- Duplex Scanning of the Carotid Arteries
- The Role of Color Duplex Scanning in Diagnostic Diseases of the Aortic Arch Branches and Carotid Arteries
- Vertebral Artery Ultrasonography
- Transcranial Doppler Sonography
- Ultrasonic Characterization of Carotid Plaques
- Carotid Plaque Echolucency Measured by Grayscale Median Identities Patients at Increased Risk of Stroke during Carotid Stenting
- Duplex Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Temporal Arteritis
- Duplex Ultrasound Velocity Criteria for Carotid Stenting Patients
- Use of Transcranial Doppler in Monitoring Patients during Carotid Artery Stenting
- Use of an Angle-Independent Doppler System for Intraoperative Carotid Endarterectomy Surveillance
- Clinical Implications of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Insufficiency
Noninvasive Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease of the Extremities
- Overview of Peripheral Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity
- Overview of Noninvasive Vascular Techniques in Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Segmental Doppler Pressures and Doppler Waveform Analysis in Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Lower Extremities
- Pulse Volume Recording in the Diagnosis of Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Duplex Scanning for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease
- Duplex Surveillance of Infrainguinal Bypass Grafts
- Rationale and Benefits of Surveillance After Prosthetic Infrainguinal Bypass Grafts
- Rationale and Benefits of Surveillance after Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty and Stenting of Iliac and Femoral Arteries
- Duplex Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Femoral Pseudoaneurysms
- Lower Extremity Arterial Mapping: Duplex Ultrasound as an Alternative to Arteriography Prior to Femoral and Popliteal Reconstruction
- Preoperative Saphenous Vein Mapping
- Noninvasive Diagnosis of Upper Extremity Vascular Disease
- Ultrasound Imaging of Upper Extremity Arteries: Clinical Applications
- Protocol and Technique of Dialysis Ultrasound Surveillance
- Noninvasive Evaluation for Congenital Arteriovenous Fistulas and Malformation
- Clinical Implications of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease
Noninvasive Diagnosis of Venous Disorders of the Extremities
- Overview of Venous Disorders
- Overview: Plethysmographic Techniques in the Diagnosis of Venous Disease
- Venous Duplex Ultrasound of the Lower Extremity in the Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Venous Imaging for Reflux Using Duplex Ultrasonography
- Duplex Ultrasound Use for Bedside Insertion of Inferior Vena Cava Filters
- Venous Stenting Using Intravascular Ultrasound
- Ultrasound Guidance for Venous Therapy: VNUS, Endovenous Laser Treatments, and Foam
- Clinical Implications of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Venous Disorders
Deep Abdominal Doppler
- Deep Doppler in the Liver Vasculature
- Duplex Evaluation of the Renal Arteries
- Duplex Ultrasonography of the Mesenteric Circulation
- The Role of Color Duplex Ultrasound in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Stent Grafts
Miscellaneous
- Transcutaneous Oxygen Tension: Principles and Applications
- Role of Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Intravascular Ultrasound Applications
- Three-Dimensional Vascular Imaging and Three-Dimensional Color Power Angiography Imaging
- Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound
Index
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