What is a vascular doppler?

Anyone watching local weather forecast or looking at fish search engines saw Doppler's picture. The medical community also took advantage of Doppler's effect for many years. Vascular testing Doppler allows the doctor to look directly at how blood flows by the patient's artery in real time. In doing so, it can determine the narrowing of arteries, blockages and even blood clots. It can also easily monitor the progression of arterial disease.

Vascular doppler sonography is also referred to as vascular ultrasound. Ultrasonic testing uses high -frequency sound waves to create an image of the studied area. This is done with a converter that is pushed on the skin. The converter sends sound waves and records the image because the waves are reflected. This image is immediately transmitted to the video monitor that will see that the technician can be seen and can be recorded in the video.Aves on the patient's heart and blood vessels. While almost any blood vessels can be studied in this type of sonogram, the doctorIt is usually interested in only a few main veins and arteries. The most common areas of interest are arteries and veins of the legs, abdomen and head and neck.

While this test may sound somewhat scary, vascular doppler is completely non -invasive. The only thing that actually penetrates the skin is sound waves. The skin is applied a clear, water gel in the area of ​​examined areas to create better contact for the converter.

When the technician moves the converter on the skin, the patient can hear some highly dog ​​pulsating sounds when blood flow is studied. The technician can also need to apply cuffs of blood pressure to the arm or legs of the patient to deduct the values ​​for the vessels examined. The radiologist then analyzes the video and stems the message to the doctor.

There are no known side effects or complications associated with doppler ultrasound. This procedure is routine and safely performed in pregnant women. VascularDoppler does not rely on ionizing radiation and offers a clear image of soft tissues that may not be seen on the X -ray.