Vascular Symptoms

Venous -- Upper or Lower Extremities

• Edema
• Anti-coagulant therapy evaluation
• Pain/tenderness
• Increased limb tenderness
• Pigment discoloration
• Pulmonary embolism
• Ulcers

Carotid Arterial Duplex

• Cervical or carotid bruit
• Memory Loss
• Cluster type headache
• Loss of balance
• Vertigo
• Loss of vision/field cut
• Aphasia/dysphasia
• Previous stroke
• Increased vessel wall rigidity found during palpation
• Motor or sensory deficit
• Diplopia
• Syncope
• Unilateral paresthesias
• Drop attacks
• Amaurosis Fugax (transient monocular blindness)
• Fluctuating confusion

Arterial - Upper or lower extremities

• Diabetic neuropathy
• Skin or nail infections
• Skin color changes or ulcerations
• Pre- and post-operative evaluation
• Claudication
• Leg pain, rest pain, night cramps
• Bruits
• Absent or diminished distal or pedal pulses
• Prediction of wound healing
• Distal extremity hair loss (trophic changes)
• Gangrene
• Extreme weakness or fatigue
• Vasomotor instability
• Numbness
• Positive Allen's test
• Hypertension

For a list of indications for the utilization of diagnostic ultrasound, please click on the appropriate link:

General Body Symptoms
Cardiac Symptoms
Vascular Symptoms