Color Duplex for Diagnosis of Venous Reflux
Fig. 41.1 Duplex ultrasound report showing the distribution and extent of reflux. The patient presented with varicose veins in both extremities but she was symptomatic only in the left side….
Pulse Volume Recording in the Diagnosis of Peripheral Vascular Disease
Fig. 23.1 Picture of the Soteria Cardiac Platform (Soteria Medical, LLC, Miami, FL) in the format used for the performance of the Soterogram . This device also has an internally…
Noninvasive Vascular Testing in the Trauma Patient
Hard signs Soft signs Observed pulsatile bleeding Significant hemorrhage by history Arterial thrill by manual palpation Neurological abnormality Bruit auscultated over or near area of arterial injury Diminished pulse compared…
Duplex Ultrasound Velocity Criteria in Carotid Artery Stenting Patients
Fig. 10.1 Incidence of in-stent restenosis after carotid artery stenting (CAS). (a) Kaplan-Meier cumulative event rates for clinically significant ISR ≥ 80% after CAS. (b) Kaplan-Meier cumulative event rates for…
Computed Tomography Angiography and Magnetic Resonance Angiography of the Carotids
Fig. 18.1 CTA showing minimal carotid disease at right and left bifurcation (arrow) Fig. 18.2 CTA showing (a) severe left proximal internal carotid artery stenosis (arrow); (b) same patient showing…
Transcranial Doppler Sonography
Fig. 15.1 (a) Illustration of the head showing locations of the acoustic windows for transcranial Doppler examination except transforaminal approach . The transtemporal window for transcranial Doppler and color-coded duplex…
Carotid Duplex Consensus Criteria on Interpretation of Carotid Duplex Ultrasound
Sensitivity (95% CI)a Specificity (95% CI)a PPV (95% CI)a NPV (95% CI)a Overall accuracy (95% CI)a Consensus normal stenosis 100 (100, 100) 100 (100, 100) 100 (100, 100) 100…
Color Duplex Scanning of Vertebral Artery
Fig. 14.1 (a) Rotated contrast-enhanced 3D MR angiogram of cervical arteries. The arrowheads indicate the right VA along its extra- and intracranial course. (b) Longitudinal (V0 through V3 segments) and…
Magnetic Resonance Angiography in the Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease
Fig. 62.1 Completed step-table image of lower extremity arterial runoff Additional hardware and software are needed to accommodate step-table acquisition, including MRI coils specific to each segment imaged and controls…
Coding and Reimbursement for Vascular Lab Testing
CPT CPT descriptor 2016 APC 2017 APC 93880 Duplex extracranial arteries, complete bilateral 5532 5523 93882 Duplex extracranial arteries, unilateral or limited 5532 5522 93886 Transcranial Doppler intracranial arteries; complete…
