title: Duplex scanning and the vascular surgeon.
abstract: Until the development of ultrasonic duplex scanning, the only diagnostic test that was able to study vascular disease wherever it occurred was angiography. Duplex scanning found its initial place for the evaluation of the carotid bifurcation. With improvements in technology, a range of transmitting frequencies, better transducers, and computer assisted algorithms, the application of this method has been greatly extended. We now have the capability of evaluating every major vascular bed of interest to the vascular surgeon. For the first time, we can now both screen and follow patients without resorting to angiography.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Strandness
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005121:Extremities / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000175:diagnosis; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*