Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis

John J. Bergan MD is founder of The Vein Institute in La Jolla and is a staff surgeon at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California, USA. Ali F. AbuRahma, M.D. is Professor of Surgery at the Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University, Charleston, West Virginia, USA. Dr Bergan is a world-renowned vascular surgeon who has already authored or edited twenty-nine textbooks, nine of which are on venous disorders, including, for Springer, Chronic Venous Insufficiency: Diagnosis and Treatment with Jeffrey Ballad (1-85233-172-0) and Atlas of Endoscopic Perforator Vein Surgery with Peter Gloviczki (3-540-76171-3). Dr Bergan and Dr AbuRahma have collaborated previously and were the editors of the Springer title Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis (1-85233-128-3), which was published in November 1999.

Improving Quality in Noninvasive Testing by Certification and Accreditation.-Qualifications of the Physician in the Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory.-Principles and Instruments of Diagnostic Ultrasound and Doppler Ultrasound.-Overview of Cerebrovascular Disease.-Overview of Various Noninvasive Cerebrovascular Techniques.-Duplex Scanning of the Carotid Arteries.-The Role of Color Duplex Scanning in Diagnosing Diseases of the Aortic Arch Branches and Carotid Arteries.-Vertebral Artery Ultrasonography.-Transcranial Doppler Sonography.-Ultrasonic Characterization of Carotid Plaques.-Carotid Plaque Echolucency Measured by Gray Scale Median (GSM) Identifies Patients at Increased Risk of Stroke During Carotid Stenting. The ICAROS Study.-Duplex Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Temporal Arteritis.-Duplex Ultrasound Velocity Criteria for Carotid Stenting Patients.-Use of TCD in Monitoring Patients During Carotid Artery Stenting.-Use of an Angle Independent Doppler System for Intraoperative Carotid Endarterectomy Surveillance.-Clinical Implications of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Insufficiency.-Overview of Peripheral Arterial Disease of the Lower Extremity.-Overview of Noninvasive Vascular Techniques in Peripheral Arterial Disease.-Segmental Doppler Pressures and Doppler Waveform Analysis in Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Lower Extremities.-Pulse Volume Recording in the Diagnosis of Peripheral Vascular Disease.-Duplex Scanning for Lower Extremity Arterial Disease.-Duplex Surveillance of Infrainguinal Bypass Grafts.-Rationale and Benefits of Surveillance after Prosthetic Infrainguinal Bypass Grafts.-Rationale and Benefits of Surveillance after PTA and Stenting of Iliac and Femoral Arteries.-Duplex Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Femoral Pseudoaneurysms.-Lower Extremity Artrial Mapping: Duplex Ultrasound as an Alternative to Arteriography prior to Femoral and Popliteal Reconstruction.-Preoperative Saphenous Vein Mapping.-Noninvasive Diagnosis of Upper Extremity Vascular Disease.-Ultrasound Imaging of Upper Extremity Arteries: Clinical Applications.-Protocol and Technique of Dialysis Ultrasound Surveillance.-Noninvasive Evaluation for Congenital Arteriovenous Fistulas and Malformation.-Clinical Implications of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease.-Overview of Venous Disorders.-Overview: Plethysmographic Techniques in the Diagnosis of Venous Disease.-Venous Duplex Ultrasound of the Lower Extremity in the Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis.-Venous Imaging for Reflux using Duplex Sonography.-Duplex Ultrasound Use for Bedside Insertion of Inferior Vena Cava Filters.-Venous Stenting using Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS).-Ultrasound Guidance for Venous Therapy : VNUS, ELVT, and Foam.-Clinical Implications of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Venous Disorders.-Deep Doppler in the Liver Vasculature.-Duplex Evaluation of the Renal Arteries.-Duplex Ultrasonography of the Mesenteric Circulation.-The Role of Color Duplex Ultrasound in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Stent Grafts.-Transcutaneous Oxygen Tension: Principles and Applications.-Role of Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Peripheral Vascular Disease.-Intravascular Ultrasound Applications.-Three-dimensional Vascular Imaging and Three-dimensional Color Power Angiography Imaging.-Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound.