Focus on echovascular imaging assessment of arterial disease: complement to the ESC guidelines (PARTIM 1) in collaboration with the Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases.
[en] The main goal of the present document is to provide a set of practical recommendations for ultrasound imagers who are interested in artery diseases or for physicians who intend to undertake vascular procedures. This is the first part of the work. It is dedicated to general principles of ultrasonography, cervicoencephalic, subclavian, aortoiliac and lower extremity arteries, abdominal aorta, and popliteal aneurysms. It also discusses miscellaneous items such as medial arterial calcinosis, arterial embolism, arteritis, arterial stents and bypasses, false aneurysms, aortic dissection, popliteal entrapment syndrome, and iliac endofibrosis.
Disciplines :
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
Author, co-author :
SPRYNGER, Muriel ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de médecine interne > Angéiologie
Rigo, Fausto
MOONEN, Marie ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de médecine interne > Cardiologie multidisciplinaire et prévention
Aboyans, Victor
Edvardsen, Thor
de Alcantara, Monica L.
Brodmann, Marianne
Naka, Katerina K.
Kownator, Serge
Simova, Iana
Vlachopoulos, Charalambos
Wautrecht, Jean-Claude
Lancellotti, Patrizio ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Cardiologie - Pathologie spéciale et réhabilitation
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