Making Sense of Vascular Ultrasound: A hands-on guide

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.