The main harm comes from false-positive ultrasounds, which often must be confirmed by an angiogram. About 1% of people get a stroke during an angiogram, which is more than the expected benefit of ...

NHS Ayrshire & Arran is encouraging men over 65 years and who live in Ayrshire and Arran to attend their Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA ... come along to the short, ultrasound appointment which ...

An MCA Doppler assessment monitors the peak velocity of systolic blood flow in the middle cerebral artery. It is performed like a regular ultrasound, with the help of gel and a handheld device used on ...

Popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs) are the most frequent peripheral aneurysm with a significant morbidity if left untreated. Open surgical technique is still considered the gold standard ...

Carotid percutaneous transluminal angioplasty/stenting has become an accepted treatment modality for carotid artery stenosis ... debate regarding which duplex ultrasound (DUS) criteria to use ...

Objective: In humans, arterial grayscale ultrasound texture features independently predict adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and change with medical interventions. We performed this study to ...

It starts in the heart and runs through the abdomen, supplying blood to vital organs along the way before it branches into the major arteries in the legs ... and measured. If the ultrasound shows no ...

An aneurysm occurs when the walls of a blood vessel or artery in the abdomen ... may also be used. An abdominal ultrasound is recommended to screen men for aortic aneurysms.