Vascular Technology: An Illustrated Review |
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abdominal abnormal and/or aneurysm antegrade aorta aortic Appleton Davies arterial occlusive arterial signal ARTERY RIGHT blood flow brachial branches bypass graft calf cerebral artery cm/sec collateral color flow imaging common carotid artery common femoral compression decrease deep veins deep venous thrombosis diameter reduction diastolic distal Doppler signal dorsalis pedis artery duplex scanning embolism evaluate external femoral artery femoral vein figure flow patterns fluid frequency frontal artery gold standard iliac artery increases internal carotid artery ipsilateral lesion lower extremity medial mesenteric artery middle cerebral mmHg muscle negative noninvasive normal obstruction obtained ophthalmic artery Pasadena Patient positioning peak systolic velocity peripheral plaque plethysmographic waveform plethysmography popliteal artery popliteal vein posterior tibial predictive value probe proximal pulsatile pulse renal artery resistance saphenous vein skin stenosis stenotic strain gauge subclavian superficial femoral symptoms systolic Technique thrombus tibial artery tissue upper extremity valves vascular laboratory vessel volume wave waveform