Essentials of Vascular Laboratory Diagnosis (eBook)

Emile R. Mohler: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Marie Gerhard-Herman: Harvard Medical School Michael Jaff, DO

List of Contributors.

Foreword.

Preface.

Part I: Principles and Instrumentation.

Chapter 1. Principles of Vascular Laboratory testing (Marie
Gerhard-Herman).

Chapter 2. Instrumentation (Michael R. Jaff and Emile R.
Mohler III).

Part II: Cerebrovascular.

Chapter 3. Neurosonology (Eric Edward Smith, Karen Lisa
Furie, Ferdinando S. Buonanno, Madhu B. Vijayappa and J. Philip
Kistler).

Chapter 4. Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Evaluation
(Marie Gerhard-Herman).

Part III: Aorta.

Chapter 5. Thoracic Aorta Imaging (Paul A. Tunick and Itzhak
Kronzon).

Chapter 6. Abdominal Aorta Imaging (Emile R. Mohler
III).

Part IV: Renal and Visceral.

Chapter 7. Renal Artery Duplex Ultrasonography (Michael R.
Jaff).

Chapter 8. Visceral Duplex Ultrasonography (Thanila A.
Macedo).

Part V: Extremity Arterial.

Chapter 9. Segmental Pressures and Pulse Volume recordings
(Emile R. Mohler III).

Chapter 10. Peripheral Arterial Ultrasonography (Marie
Gerhard_Herman and Emile R. Mohler III).

Chapter 11. Thoracic Outlet Evaluation (Edward Y. Woo, Julia
T. Davis an Jeffrey P. Carpenter).

Part VI: Acquired and Congenital Malformations.

Chapter 12. Complications of Femoral Arterial Vascular Access
(Itzhak Kronzon and Paul A. Tunick).

Chapter 13. Doppler of the Hemodialysis Fistula (Mark E.
Lockhart and Michelle L. Robbin).

Part VII: Venous.

Chapter 14. Upper Extremity Venous Ultrasonography (Marie
Gerhard_Herman).

Chapter 15. Lower Extremity Venous Ultrasonography (John
Gocke).

Part VIII: CTA and MRA of the Vascular System.

Chapter 16. Computerized Tomographic Angiography (Corey K.
Goldman).

Chapter 17. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Sanjay
Rajagopalan).

Appendix 1: Appropriate ICD-9 Codes for Vascular Laboratory
Tests.

Appendix 2: Example of Venous Duplex Protocol.

Index.

"The purpose is to present an updated overview of the modern methods used in the diagnosis of peripheral vascular diseases. The authors have accomplished this goal in a concise and instructive manner" (Samer F Najjar, MD, @Doody's Review Service)