Echocolor Doppler

The evolution of ultrasound diagnostics has transformed the clinical approach enabling, with increasing accuracy, a broader evaluation of the groups of patients. In specific cases of vascular diagnostics, we can establish pathological variations in the speed of blood flow and, consequently, the presence of pathologies of the arteries that limit or impede flow within them.

The correct term for the examination that is most commonly used today and most effective in clinical practice is echocolordoppler, making it possible to achieve a diagnostic accuracy that in some cases can even dedect the necessity of surgery without involvement of additional examinations.

Its advantages are undoubtedly related to the non-invasiveness of the method and to the low management costs; this allows the examination to be performed among the majority and scarcely selected populations, helping to complete the understanding of the patient's disorders and indicating the subsequent stages of therapy and possible diagnosis. In some cases, the examination has limitations that should recommend a completion of the diagnostic procedure with other methods such as MR angiography or traditional angiography. This occurs especially where tissues with high calcium content obstruct the passage of ultrasound, hiding the arteries and information on the blood flow within them.