This comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of vascular ultrasound provides a detailed account of this diagnostic modality and the exciting expansion it has seen in recent years. The emphasis is on the clinical aspects that are relevant from the angiologist's and vascular surgeon's point of view. The main chapters are subdivided into a text section and an atlas section. The text part of each chapter gives an account of the respective vascular territory in terms of its sonoanatomy, the examination procedure and normal findings, the indications for diagnostic ultrasound, and the clinical impact of the ultrasound findings. The atlas constituting the second part of each chapter presents a compilation of pertinent case material to illustrate the typical ultrasound findings not only of the more common vascular diseases but also of rare conditions that are nevertheless significant for the vascular surgeon and angiologist. The ultrasound material is compared with the angiographic and intraoperative findings. This book is a benefit for beginners as well as for experienced sonographers.

1;Preface to the English Edition;6 2;Preface to the Second German Edition;7 3;Preface to the First German Edition;9 4;Table of Contents;11 5;Fundamental Principles;16 5.1;1.1 Technical Principles of Diagnostic Ultrasound;16 5.2;1.2 Hemodynamic Principles;33 5.3;1.3 Instrument Settings;40 6;Peripheral Arteries ;43 6.1;2.1 Pelvic and Leg Arteries;43 6.2;2.2 Arm Arteries;69 6.3;2.3 Atlas;73 7;Peripheral Veins;124 7.1;3.1 Pelvic and Leg Veins;124 7.2;3.2 Arm Veins and Jugular Vein;151 7.3;3.3 Atlas;154 8;Shunts ;200 8.1;4.1 Spontaneous versus Therapeutic Shunts;200 8.2;4.2 Examination Protocol, Technique, and Diagnostic Role;201 8.3;4.3 Typical Shunt-related Changes of the Doppler Waveform;203 8.4;4.4 Determination of Flow Rate;203 8.5;4.5 Documentation;204 8.6;4.6 Abnormal Findings (Dialysis Problems);204 8.7;4.7 Diagnostic Role of Duplex Ultrasound Compared with other Modalities;206 8.8;4.8 Atlas;208 9;Extracranial Arteries Supplying the Brain ;217 9.1;5.1 Normal Vascular Anatomy and Important Variants;217 9.2;5.2 Examination Technique and Protocol;219 9.3;5.3 Documentation;221 9.4;5.4 Normal Findings;221 9.5;5.5 Clinical Role of Duplex Ultrasound;222 9.6;5.6 Ultrasound Criteria, Measurement Parameters, and Diagnostic Role;227 9.7;5.7 Diagnosis of Brain Death;236 9.8;5.8 Rare (Nonatherosclerotic) Vascular Diseases of the Carotid Territory;237 9.9;5.9 Diagnostic Role of Duplex Ultrasound in Evaluating the Cerebral Arteries;238 9.10;5.10 Atlas;241 10;Visceral and Retroperitoneal Vessels;262 10.1;6.1 Abdominal Aorta, Visceral and Renal Arteries;262 10.2;6.2 Visceral and Retroperitoneal Veins;279 10.3;6.3 Atlas;287 11;Penile and Scrotal Vessels;328 11.1;7.1 Vascular Anatomy;328 11.2;7.2 Examination Technique;329 11.3;7.3 Normal Findings;330 11.4;7.4 Documentation;330 11.5;7.5 Clinical Role of Duplex Ultrasound;330 11.6;7.6 Abnormal Findings: Role of Duplex Ultrasound Parameters;332 11.7;7.7 Atlas;334 12;References;337 13;Subject Index;355