Making Sense Of Vascular Ultrasound

Download or read book Making Sense of Vascular Ultrasound written by Kenneth Myers and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-11-26 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ultrasound is used to demonstrate and classify numerous vascular diseases including · cerebrovascular and transcranial · lower and upper limb arterial · deep vein thrombosis · deep and superficial venous reflux · renal, hepatoportal, mesenteric and penile. Making Sense of Vascular Ultrasound is designed to give users a hands-on, practical approach to the diagnosis of vascular disease. This pocket-sized handbook provides easy to read, concise, point-form text and includes high-resolution ultrasound images and informative line diagrams. Each regional chapter covers · anatomy · pathology · clinical presentations · differential diagnosis · treatment · what the doctor needs to know · normal findings and criteria for disease as seen by ultrasound · comprehensive protocols · ultrasound images to collect for reports The book also provides an overview of the physical principles of ultrasound, the physiology of blood flow, vascular pathology, setting up a vascular ultrasound diagnostic service, and interventional vascular ultrasound procedures.