Sixty-five patients with suspected deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in 68 limbs were entered consecutively into a study to compare venography with duplex ultrasonography scanning. Both tests were performed on 64 limbs, venography being contraindicated in four. Overall, duplex scanning correctly identified 86 per cent of DVTs diagnosed on venography and correctly excluded 80 per cent with negative v...

A65-year-old woman was referred to the vascular laboratory after coronary angiography and stent insertion via an 8F right femoral artery sheath. The patient received ticlopidine 500 mg after the procedure. A large pulsatile mass with a diffuse hematoma developed several hours after removal of the sheath from the groin, and a 4.2-cm false aneurysm arising from the common femoral artery was confi...

background: carotid ultrasound appears to be useful in the assessment of cardiovascular risk. in this study, we have assessed the carotid intima-media thickness (cimt) in a group of individuals without a history of cardiovascular events. methods: a sample of 431subjects (189 [43.9%] males and 242 [56.1%] females) was obtained from an urban population using a stratifi ed-cluster method in mashha...

OBJECTIVE To verify the diagnostic efficiency of venous duplex ultrasound and lymphangioscintigraphy (LAS) in establishing the cause of leg edema and to clarify the pathology of these leg edemas. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between April 2009, and March 2010, 62 patients with leg edema of unknown origin were referred to the Edema Clinic of the Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine. All p...

HYPOTHESIS Incidental thyroid masses identified during carotid duplex ultrasonography may represent clinically significant lesions. DESIGN AND SETTING Retrospective review of a prospective database in a tertiary care referral center. PATIENTS A total of 2004 consecutive patients from January, 2000, through January, 2002, undergoing carotid duplex ultrasonography. INTERVENTIONS After bilat...

The Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire (ECQ) was developed to help identify peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the general population but has not been validated against diagnostic imaging methods such as Duplex Vascular Ultrasound Scanning (DUS). In present study, we assessed accuracy of ECQ for diagnosis using DUS. As part a National Institute Health Research funded project looking at nove...