Noninvasive Cerebrovascular 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 thirty 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.

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 Grayscale Median Identifies Patients at Increased Risk of Stroke during Carotid Stenting. The Imaging in Carotid Angioplasty and Risk of Stroke Study.- Duplex Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Temporal Arteritis.- Duplex Ultrasound Velocity Criteria for Carotid Stenting Patients.- Use of Transcranial Doppler 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.

From the reviews:

“This book covers the full spectrum of noninvasive cerebrovascular diagnostics from the basics of ultrasound to the many clinical applications of ultrasound in vascular surgery. … Vascular surgeons, surgical residents and fellows, radiologists, and vascular technologists will find this book very useful. … This is an excellent book for vascular personnel, in practice and in training. It is up to date, referencing recent literature. Other books cover similar material, but this one is a nice read with clear explanations.” (Mark L. Keldahl, Doody’s Review Service, June, 2010)