Comprehensive Vascular Lab

At DVVI, we offer a comprehensive non-invasive vascular lab within our center. That means all vascular testing including ultrasound exams are performed on site. Patients do not need a referral to an outside hospital or imaging center.

Vascular exams are performed by our highly-experienced sonographers certified in Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

The non-invasive vascular lab at DVVI offers:

Ankle- Brachial Index (ABI)

  • Performed by measuring blood pressure at the ankle and in the arm while a person is at rest. The index is calculated by dividing the systolic blood pressure at the ankle by the systolic blood pressure in the arm
  • Used to screen and predict the severity of peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
  • Used to see how well a treatment is working (such as medical treatment, an exercise program, angioplasty, or surgery)

Treadmill ABI

  • An exercise stress test in which the blood pressure measurements are repeated at both sites after a few minutes of walking on a treadmill.
  • Can detect a significant drop in blood flow, indicating a narrowing or blockage within an artery, that a resting ABI may not detect

Venous Ultrasound

Lower extremity:

  • Venous insufficiency/ varicose veins
  • Acute or chronic deep venous thrombosis (DVT)
  • Venous stasis/ ulcer

Upper extremity:

  • Mapping for dialysis fistula or graft planning
  • Acute or chronic DVT
  • Compression syndromes such as thoracic outlet syndrome

Abdominal and pelvic:

  • Inferior vena cava/ renal veins
  • Male varicoceles
  • Pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS)
  • Compression syndromes such as May-Thurner Syndrome

Arterial Ultrasound

Lower extremity:

  • Peripheral arterial disease
  • Arterial insufficiency/ non-healing ulcer
  • Peripheral aneurysm
  • Vasculitis/ autoimmune disease

Upper extremity:

  • Carotid disease/stroke
  • Vertebrobasilar insufficiency
  • Compression syndromes such as thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Vasculitis/ autoimmune disease

Abdominal and pelvic:

  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
  • Renal artery stenosis
  • Chronic mesenteric ischemia
  • Visceral aneurysm
  • Aorto-iliac disease
  • Uterine fibroids

Non-Vascular Ultrasound

Abdomen

  • Liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys

Pelvis

  • Uterus, ovaries, bladder

Small Parts

  • Thyroid, head and neck, soft tissue

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