cover image - Introduction to Vascular Ultrasonography - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323642460
Copyright: 2012
Publication Date: 04-04-2018
Page Count: 704
Imprint: Saunders
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Introduction to Vascular Ultrasonography - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition

by John S. Pellerito, MD, FACR, FSRU, FAIUM and Joseph F. Polak, MD, MPH

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cover image - Introduction to Vascular Ultrasonography - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323642460
Copyright: 2012
Publication Date: 04-04-2018
Page Count: 704
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $122.99
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    • Find information quickly with sections organized by clinical rationale, anatomy, examination technique, findings, and interpretation.
    • Get a thorough review of ultrasound vascular diagnosis, including peripheral veins and arteries, carotid and vertebral arteries, abdominal vessels, and transcranial Doppler.
    • Quickly reference numerous tables for examination protocols, normal values, diagnostic parameters, and ultrasound findings for selected conditions.
    • Visualize important techniques with hundreds of lavish line drawings and clinical ultrasound examples.
    • Stay current with trending topics through new chapters on evaluation of organ transplants, screening for vascular disease, correlative imaging, and accreditation and the vascular lab.
    • Experience clinical scenarios with vivid clarity through new color ultrasound images.
    • Watch vascular ultrasound videos and access the complete contents online at www.expertconsult.com.
    • Benefit from the fresh perspective and insight of a new co-editor, Dr. Joseph Polak.
    • Improve your understanding of the correlation of imaging results with treatment goals in venous and arterial disease.
    1. SECTION 1: BASICS

      1. Hemodynamic considerations in peripheral vascular and cerebrovascular disease
      2. Physics and instrumentation in Doppler and B-mode ultrasonography
      3. Basic concepts of doppler frequency spectrum analysis and ultrasound blood flow imaging
      4. Vascular applications of ultrasound contrast agents
      5. SECTION 2: CEREBRAL VESSELS

      6. The role of ultrasound in the management of cerebrovascular disease
      7. Normal cerbrovascular anatomy and collateral pathways
      8. Normal findings and technical aspects of carotid sonography
      9. Ultrasound assessment of carotid plaque
      10. Ultrasound assessment of carotid stenosis
      11. Carotid occlusion, unusual carotid pathology and tricky carotid cases
      12. Ultrasound assessment of the vertebral arteries
      13. Ultrasound assessment of the intracranial arteries
      14. SECTION 3: EXTREMITY ARTERIES

      15. Arterial anatomy of the extremities
      16. Nonimaging physiologic tests for assessment of lower extremity arterial disease
      17. Assessment of upper extremity arterial occlusive arterial disease
      18. Ultrasound evaluation before and after hemodialysis access
      19. Ultrasound assessment of lower extremity arteries
      20. Ultrasound assessment during and after carotid peripheral intervention
      21. Ultrasound in the assessment and management of arterial emergencies
      22. SECTION 4: EXTREMITY VEINS

      23. Risk factors and the role of ultrasound in the management of extremity venous disease
      24. Extremity venous anatomy and technique for ultrasound examination
      25. Ultrasound diagnosis of lower extremity venous thrombosis
      26. Controversies in venous ultrasound
      27. Ultrasound diagnosis of venous insufficiency
      28. Nonvascular pathology encountered during venous sonography
      29. SECTION 5: ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

      30. Anatomy and normal doppler signatures of abdominal vessels
      31. Ultrasound assessment of the abdominal aorta
      32. Ultrasound imaging assessment following endovascular aortic aneurysm repair
      33. Ultrasound assessment of the splanchnic (mesenteric) arteries
      34. Ultrasound assessment of the hepatic vasculature
      35. Ultrasound assessment of native renal vessels
      36. Duplex ultrasound evaluation of the uterus and ovaries
      37. Duplex ultrasound evaluation of the male genitalia
      38. Evaluation of Organ Transplants
      39. Screening for Vascular Disease
      40. Correlative imaging
      41. Accreditation and the vascular lab
  • John S. Pellerito, MD, FACR, FSRU, FAIUM, Associate Professor of Radiology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Associate Chairman, Department of Radiology, Chief, Division of Ultrasound, CT, and MRI, Director, Peripheral Vascular Laboratory, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY and Joseph F. Polak, MD, MPH, Professor of Radiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Vice-Chair of Business Development, Tufts Medical Center, Boston MA
    Chief of Radiology, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA
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