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Carotid ultrasound exam
It looks at the degree of narrowing and also evaluates the velocity of blood flow. These parameters combined help make diagnosis of carotid artery disease.
Dr. Shoaib Shafique reviewed this
36 year experience in Vascular Surgery
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A member asked:
Is carotid ultrasound exam a very common procedure?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: carotid ultrasound exam?
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A 34-year old asked:
What can you detect with a carotid ultrasound?
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A 34-year old asked:
How important is it to have carotid ultrasound on both sides?
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A 35-year old asked:
Is it possible for a carotid ultrasound to cause a stroke?
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A 34-year old asked:
Carotid duplex ultrasound; can it tell my risk of bad things happening?
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A 31-year old asked:
Carotid doppler ultrasound showed elevated psv in right ica but normal ica/cca. What's this mean?
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A 24-year old female asked about a 17-year old male:
Dr heard "swish" in otherwise healthy 17yo brothers carotid. What could this be? He's scheduled for an ultrasound next week.
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A 44-year old asked:
I would like chart of normal ranges for ultrasound carotids?
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A 40-year old asked:
What does it mean for me when my carotids are 95% occluded on ultrasound?
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A 38-year old asked:
Where should I go to take a carotid ultrasound?
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A 47-year old asked:
What are the limitations of carotid ultrasound imaging?
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A 40-year old asked:
Is a carotid duplex different from a carotid ultrasound or not?
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A 36-year old asked:
What exactly is a carotid ultrasound and doppler ultrasound?
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A 43-year old asked:
Carotid duplex ultrasound, what are the normal ranges needed?
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A 26-year old asked:
If you have neck pain over your carotid, do you need an ultrasound?
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A 18-year old male asked:
How is an ultrasound of carotids done?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you tell me how accurate is portable ultrasound screenings of carotid arteries?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I have spasms in what feels like my left carotid artery I had an ultrasound of it a year ago what could this be should I be worried ?
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A 40-year old female asked:
39F Had carotid Ultrasound screening. The right ICA peak systolic velocity is 84.00 cm/sec. The left ICA peak systolic velocity is 80.00 cm/sec. What do those measures mean? Are higher or lower numbers better here? Thank you?
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A 40-year old female asked:
42M Had carotid Ultrasound screening. The right ICA peak systolic velocity is 57.00 cm/sec. The left ICA peak systolic velocity is 74.00 cm/sec. What do those measures mean? Are higher or lower numbers better here? Why are readings so far apart? Thx?
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A 53-year old asked:
How accurate is carotid artery ultrasound?
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A 32-year old asked:
Carotid mra vs carotid doppler ultrasound better predictor?
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A 31-year old female asked:
What's more accurate for carotid stenosis ultrasound or mra ?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is the first step for carotid artery disease an ultrasound?
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A 37-year old asked:
If I should have a carotid artery ultrasound, how reliable would the results be?
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A 47-year old asked:
What's more accurate, a color carotid doppler ultrasound or a contrast coratid mra?
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A 21-year old asked:
What is more accurate, a color carotid doppler ultrasound or a contrast carotid mra?
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A 41-year old asked:
Had a carotid artery ultrasound and got these numbers, what do they mean, what to do?
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A 33-year old female asked:
In carotid artery ultrasound results says ECA psv 160 EDV 24 atypical flow? what does this mean?
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