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. 2019 Jul 15;112(6):809-849.
doi: 10.5935/abc.20190106.

Vascular Ultrasound Statement from the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology - 2019

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Simone Nascimento Dos Santos  1   2 , Monica Luiza de Alcantara  3   4 , Cláudia Maria Vilas Freire  5 , Armando Luis Cantisano  6   7 , José Aldo Ribeiro Teodoro  8 , Carmen Lucia Lascasas Porto  9 , Salomon Israel do Amaral  3   4 , Orlando Veloso  10 , Ana Cristina Lopes Albricker  11   12 , Ana Cláudia Gomes Pereira Petisco  13 , Fanilda Souto Barros  14 , Márcio Vinícius Lins Barros  15 , Mohamed Hassan Saleh  13 , Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira  16   17   18
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Vascular Ultrasound Statement from the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology - 2019

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Simone Nascimento Dos Santos et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Schematic illustration showing examples of IMT and plaque measurements. IMT measurement (A). Different measurements of 3 carotid plaques: encroaching ≥ 0.5 mm on the arterial lumen (B); measurement > 50% of the surrounding IMT value (C); large plaque (D).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Right carotid and its anatomical subdivisions recommended by the group (adapted from the Mannheim study).9 CC: common carotid; IB: internal branch; BCA: brachiocephalic artery.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Recommendation from the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology for the sequence of evaluation of carotid stenosis. PSV: peak systolic velocity.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Normal flow patterns of carotid arteries. (A) Common carotid artery. (B) Internal carotid artery. (C) External carotid artery.
Figure 5
Figure 5
(1) Diagram illustrating the placement of the cursor and the insonation angle. (A) Parallel to the jet in case of stenosis. (B) Parallel to the vessel. (2) Cursor and insonation angle toward the flow jet in case of stenosis (arrow).
Figure 6
Figure 6
Measurement of lumen reduction. (A) Smooth atheromatous plaque in the lumen. (B) Irregular atheromatous plaque in the lumen.
Figure 7
Figure 7
Extracranial segments of the vertebral artery (V0-V3).
Figure 8
Figure 8
Preoperative assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
Figure 9
Figure 9
Color flow imaging showing the flow proximal to the lesion in red and the turbulent flow at the lesion site (arrow). The diagrams A and C demonstrate the velocity spectrum with Doppler. (A) Cursor proximal to the lesion to measure V1. (B) Cursor at the lesion site to measure V2. (C) Cursor distal to the lesion with damped waveform.
Figure 10
Figure 10
Abdominal aorta and branches. SA: splenic artery; HA: hepatic artery; RCIA: right common iliac artery; LCIA: left common iliac artery; IMA: inferior mesenteric artery; RRA: right renal artery; LRA: left renal artery; SMA: superior mesenteric artery; CT: celiac trunk.
Figure 11
Figure 11
Mesenteric vessels and abdominal aorta. (A) Transverse plane with B-scan showing the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) anteriorly and the abdominal aorta (AA) posteriorly. (B) Longitudinal plane of the abdominal aorta and emergence of the celiac trunk and SMA.
Figure 12
Figure 12
Types of brachiocephalic fistulas (Brescia-Cimino). (A) Latero-lateral between artery and vein. (B) Terminal artery – lateral vein. (C) Terminal vein – lateral artery. (D) Termino-terminal between artery and vein.
Figure 13
Figure 13
Types of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts. (A) Straight PTFE graft between the basilic vein and radial artery. (B) Loop PTFE graft between the basilic vein and radial artery. (C) Curved PTFE graft between the brachial artery and vein. (D) Loop PTFE graft between the great saphenous vein and femoral artery.
Figure 14
Figure 14
Measurement of the distance between the brachial artery and basilic vein before the creation of alternative arteriovenous fistulas.
Figure 15
Figure 15
Steal phenomenon with retrograde flow in the radial artery (in blue), in the segment distal to the anastomosis of arteriovenous fistulas for hemodialysis.
Figure 16
Figure 16
Two-dimensional image of a recent partial thrombus (acute) located in the valve sinus of the common femoral vein, shown through longitudinal (A) and transverse (B) planes. There is no complete collapse of the vein during compression (C).
Figure 17
Figure 17
Venous compression maneuver. (A) Artery and vein without compression. (B) Normal vein with total compression. (C) Dilated and incompressible vein, with recent thrombus. (D) Incompressible vein, with old thrombus (chronic). (E) Rethrombosis.
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