Peripheral Vascular Ultrasound: How, Why, And When - Rilegato

Thrush, Abigail; Hartshorne, Timothy

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0443072833 ISBN 13: 9780443072833

Casa editrice: Churchill Livingstone, 2004

Riassunto

The book aims to describe the basic scientific principles of ultrasound and blood flow. The content covers interpretation of color images and Doppler spectra; optimisation of scanner controls; description of vascular disorders; carotid duplex ultrasound; lower and upper limb arterial and venous assessment; ultrasound assessment of aneurysms; graft surveilance and pre-operative vein marking; providing a vascular ultrasound service; well-illustrated including image montages; step by step guide of scanning techniques.

The new edition will contain updates on new technology, including harmonic imaging, compound imaging and safety. The clinical chapters will be updated and include current criteria for grading disease. The surveillance of endovascular aneurysm repairs will be added. Many of the images will be updated.

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Contenuti:

1. Introduction
2. Ultrasound and imaging
3. Doppler ultrasound
4. Creation of a color flow image
5. Blood flow and its appearance on color flow imaging
6. Factors that influence the Doppler spectrum
7. Optimizing the scan
8. Ultrasound assessment of the extracanial cerebral circulation
9. Duplex assessment of lower limb arterial disease
10. Duplex assessment of upper extremity arterial disease
11. Duplex assessment of aneurysms
12. Anatomy of the lower limb venous system and the assessment of venous insufficiency
13. Duplex assessment of deep venous thrombosis and upper limb disorders
14. Graft surveillance and preoperative vein mapping for bypass surgery
Appendix A Decibel scale
Appendix B Sensitivity and specificity
Index

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• Editore: Churchill Livingstone
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0443072833
• ISBN 13: 9780443072833
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 244