Vascular ultrasound can be a powerful modality for the diagnosis and management of vascular disease. It is a safe and non-invasive tool that can be used for diagnosis of vascular diseases, assessing effectiveness of intervention and surveillance. Some of the possible scenarios that vascular ultrasound can be used include the following:

• As part of investigating causes of stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) - one of the major causes of stroke include carotid artery disease

• Diagnosis and surveillance of abdominal aortic aneurysms and other aneurysms (eg splenic, renal, popliteal aneurysms).

• Risk stratification - peripheral arterial disease, even if asymptomatic, is an independent risk factor for cardiac events.

• Diagnosis and surveillance of peripheral arterial disease.

• Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis or superficial venous thrombophlebitis.

• Diagnosis and endovenous intervention of venous insufficiency - valvular incompetence of veins that contribute to varicose veins, edema and other complications such as venous stasis and ulcers.

• Planning and surveillance of arteriovenous access for hemodialysis.

• Diagnosis of temporal arteritis.

There are many other uses for this robust diagnostic tool. Each clinic location has access to on-site ICAVL accredited vascular ultrasound facilities with highly qualified vascular ultrasound technologists.