The incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) has been estimated to exceed 900,000 cases annually in the United States. Upper extremity DVT can result in PE in 4% to 12% of the cases, and there are…
Dialysis access management was traditionally performed in the hospital setting. Now, newly developed percutaneous techniques have allowed some of these procedures to be transitioned to the outpatient office setting. The increased prevalence of diabetes and hypertension in an aging population…
A broad knowledge accumulated from our experience with duplex imaging during a variety of vascular interventions supports a number of its valuable and unique features, including visualization of the vessel wall, substantial (up to five times) vascular magnification, precise measurements,…