scope:

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.