Vasileios Michas, Mehdi Taghipour, Angeliki Papachristodoulou, Maria Sidiropoulou, Sasan Partovi, Demosthenes Cokkinos, Vasileios Rafailidis, Sameer Gadani, Amanjit Gill, Hans Michell, Panos Prassopoulos
The evolution of ultrasound (US) techniques has greatly improved the evaluation of many parameters in dialysis vascular access, which is typically achieved through an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or graft (AVG). These techniques include grayscale B-mode, color Doppler, power Doppler, spectral Doppler, non-Doppler US flow imaging techniques, contrast-enhanced US, and elastography. In conjunction with a patient's medical history and physical examination, US provides crucial information about the native vascular bed prior to the surgical creation of an arteriovenous anastomosis...
October 2023: Ultrasonography