Noninvasive Cerebrovascular Diagnosis

✍ Scribed by Ali F. AbuRahma MD, FACS, FRCS, RVT, RPVI (auth.), Ali F. AbuRahma MD, FACS, FRCS, RVT, RPVI, John J. Bergan MD, FACS, Hon FRCS (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 184
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Noninvasive Cerebrovascular Diagnosis" is the newest definitive text on the current techniques used in assessing vascular disorders. Readers will receive authoritative information and will be guided through the establishment and accreditation of a vascular laboratory and introduced to the physics of diagnostic testing. Chapters, written by selected experts, comprehensively explain the use of ultrasound in diagnosing cerebrovascular, renovascular, visceral ischemia and peripheral arterial disease as well as venous disorders and deep abdominal vascular conditions. Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis contains over 300 illustrations, many of them in colour. Due to the special sections which give clinical correlations, this book will be invaluable to physicians who treat vascular disorders, surgeons, cardiologists, vascular radiologists and the vascular laboratory staff.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-V
Overview of Cerebrovascular Disease....Pages 1-17
Overview of Various Noninvasive Cerebrovascular Techniques....Pages 19-28
Duplex Scanning of the Carotid Arteries....Pages 29-57
The Role of Color Duplex Scanning in Diagnosing Diseases of the Aortic Arch Branches and Carotid Arteries....Pages 59-66
Vertebral Artery Ultrasonography....Pages 67-72
Transcranial Doppler Sonography....Pages 73-96
Ultrasonic Characterization of Carotid Plaques....Pages 97-118
Carotid Plaque Echolucency Measured by Grayscale Median Identifies Patients at Increased Risk of Stroke during Carotid Stenting. The Imaging in Carotid Angioplasty and Risk of Stroke Study....Pages 119-124
Duplex Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Temporal Arteritis....Pages 125-130
Duplex Ultrasound Velocity Criteria for Carotid Stenting Patients....Pages 131-136
Use of Transcranial Doppler in Monitoring Patients during Carotid Artery Stenting....Pages 137-145
Use of an Angle-Independent Doppler System for Intraoperative Carotid Endarterectomy Surveillance....Pages 147-153
Clinical Implications of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Insufficiency....Pages 155-178
Back Matter....Pages 179-182

✦ Subjects

Imaging / Radiology; Ultrasound; Neurology