OBJECTIVE To study whether the course of anticoagulation therapy in patients who have deep venous thrombosis (DVT) after total joint arthroplasty can be shortened with a minimal risk of recurrence. DESIGN A case series. SETTING Kingston General Hospital, a university-affiliated tertiary care centre. PATIENTS Eleven patients who were found to have DVT after total hip or knee arthroplasty o...

The significance of strain gauge plethysmography and photoplethysmography in the diagnostics hemodynamic disturbance primary varicose veins is discussed. Both methods have ability to measure volume changes induced by calf pump activity quantify pre-treatment disorders, immediate post-treatment improvement, as well deterioration occurring during follow up. most frequently used parameters are ref...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The diagnostic yield of vertebrobasilar transcranial color-coded duplex ultrasonography (US) is often hampered by insufficient acoustic penetration, anatomic variations, and vessel tortousity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of echo enhancement on vertebrobasilar transcranial color-coded duplex US. METHODS In 23 consecutive patients (mean age, 61.0 ...

OBJECTIVES Vertebrobasilar stenosis is frequent in patients with posterior circulation stroke and it increases risk of recurrence. We investigated feasibility of duplex ultrasonography (DUS) for screening for extracranial vertebral artery stenosis and compared it with CT angiography (CTA). MATERIALS AND METHODS We gathered data on 337 consecutive patients who had DUS because of posterior circ...

Noninvasive testing for renovascular disease is required to identify patients who may benefit from revascularization procedures without exposing an unnecessary amount of patients to the risks of catheter angiography. All available methods of diagnosing renal artery stenosis have significant limitations. We compared a new technique, contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography, with an estab...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To establish the diagnostic criteria for the site of occlusion in the vertebral arteries (VAs) using duplex color-coded ultrasonography. METHODS In 128 consecutive patients who underwent conventional cerebral angiography, we prospectively measured the diameter, mean flow velocity (MV), peak systolic flow velocity, and end-diastolic flow velocity of both VAs. The diamete...

After endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR), patients require annual surveillance with either CT scan or duplex ultrasonography (DU). These studies should be used to identify patients who require reintervention for EVAR complications. DU, a less expensive and radiation free option, has been shown to accurately predict aneurysm sac size and endoleak. In addition, using criteria of PSV<300 c...

BACKGROUND Detection of renal artery stenoses (RAS) by means of duplex Doppler ultrasound with direct scanning of the main renal arteries is subject to numerous limitations. Using semiquantitative analysis of the Doppler curve, which can be recorded from intrarenal arteries, it is possible to detect RAS unaffected by the problems of direct Doppler scanning of the renal arteries. METHODS Both ...

Access site complications are major source of morbidity following cardiac catheterization. Their incidence varies in the literature because of multiple definitions and methods of determining the presence of particular complication. The aim of this prospective study was to determine the incidence of access site complications following cardiac catheterization using arterial duplex ultrasonography...

Transcranial duplex Doppler ultrasound was performed in 32 conscious dogs presenting ventriculomegaly detected in B-mode, obtaining measures of lateral ventricles and resistance parameters of main cerebral arteries before and after 30 days of clinical treatment. The animals were distributed divided in two groups: group 1, dogs that presented remission or decrease of the neurological signs of th...