The controversy as to whether Doppler ultrasonic methods should play a role in clinical
decision-making in the prevention of stroke is attributable to reported disagreement between …

Background and Purpose—The purpose of this work was to review and compare published
data on the diagnostic value of duplex ultrasonography (DUS), MR angiography (MRA), and …

BACKGROUND: Duplex ultrasound is widely used for the diagnosis of internal carotid artery
stenosis. Standard duplex ultrasound criteria for the grading of internal carotid artery …

Carotid ultrasonography is useful for the assessments of the risk stratification for stroke or
coronary artery disease, because it is a simple, repeatable, and noninvasive procedure. The …

Objective The goal of this review article is to present the state of the art in the clinical
applications and technical performance and interpretation of carotid sonographic …

In Japan, a super-aged society, deaths from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
(ASCVD), especially cardiac diseases including coronary artery disease (CAD) such as …

The aim of this study was to investigate the agreement between diagnoses of calcified
atheroma seen on panoramic radiographs and color Doppler images. Our interest stems …

Ultrasound is the most widespread diagnostic procedure in obstructive disease of the
arteries supplying the brain. The combined non-invasive information on morphology and …

(1) Background: The success of carotid revascularization depends on the accurate grading
of carotid stenoses. Therefore, it is important for every vascular center to establish its …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of carotid artery stenting on
ophthalmic artery blood flow using transorbital color and spectral Doppler sonography and …