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Ecografía dúplex

Nombres alternativos:

Ecografía vascular

Valores normales:

Un resultado normal es el flujo sanguíneo normal a través de las venas y las arterias. Hay presión arterial normal y ningún signo de estrechamiento u obstrucción de un vaso sanguíneo.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Un resultado anormal depende del área específica que se está examinado y puede deberse a un coágulo o a una acumulación de placa en un vaso sanguíneo.

Referencias:

Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice . 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2002:377, 1192.

Grainger RC, Allison D, Adam, Dixon AK. Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging . 4th ed. Orlando, Fl: Churchill Livingstone; 2001:60, 1684.

Examen de ultrasonido Dúplex/doppler

Fecha de revisión: 9/15/2006
Versión en inglés revisada por: Cameron Akbari, MD, MBA, FACS, Senior Attending, Vascular Surgery Director, Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.

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