OBJECTIVE The goal of this review article is to present the state of the art in the clinical applications and technical performance and interpretation of carotid sonographic examinations. METHODS Relevant publications regarding color and duplex Doppler sonography (CDDS) of the carotid arteries extracted from a computerized database (MEDLINE) and from references cited in these articles not app...

background the behcet disease is a multisystemic disease with involvement of vessels. objectives our aim is to evaluate the frequency of carotid artery disease in asymptomatic carotid artery involvement in patients with behcet disease and compare the results with a control group. patients and methods fifty patients with behcet disease who were asymptomatic for any vascular involvement and 50 he...

background and aims. the purpose of this study was to identify patients at the risk of cerebrovascular attack (cva) by detecting calcified carotid artery atheroma (ccaa) in panoramic radiography and evaluating their risk factors. materials and methods. a total of 960 panoramic radiographs of patients above 40 years old ‎were evaluated. doppler sonography (ds) was performed for patients who show...

OBJECTIVE To determine frequency of carotid artery disease in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using Doppler sonography. STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Radiology Department, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 2005 to September 2008. METHODOLOGY Patients with known cardiovascular disease waiting for CABG...

Foils coated with specific cholesterol esters indicate differences in temperature by changes in color. When these foils are placed on the skin, the skin temperature measured is related to the perfusion provided by the vessels supplying this area of the skin. A group of 300 patients were examined simultaneously with plate thermography and directional Doppler sonography in order to detect obstruc...

Carotid artery thrombosis and concomitant brain infarction after blunt trauma are rare conditions. We report a 34-year-old woman with multiple traumas due to pedestrian car accident. At the time of initial visiting, she was somnolent and her Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score was 14. Initial vital signs (V/S) and brain computed tomography (CT) scan were normal. One day after admission to the emerge...

Anecdotal reports have described a false-positive "jet effect" or velocity increase in the carotid artery contralateral to an artery with significant stenosis or occlusion when using duplex Doppler sonography. In this study, the frequency, significance, and possible reasons for this finding were evaluated by a retrospective comparison of duplex sonography and angiography. Twenty-three patients ...

PURPOSE To determine whether color Doppler sonography can be a sensitive alternative to screening arteriography for identifying arterial injury in patients with penetrating traumatic neck injuries. METHODS Fifty-two patients admitted to our trauma center with penetrating neck injuries (gunshot wounds and lacerations) were examined prospectively with color Doppler sonography, and findings were...