Panarterial ultrasonography. A non invasive evaluation of the peripheral arterial system

Based on the concept of the generalized character of atherosclerosis which tends to assume characteristic patterns that may be classified by a predominant site of distribution of the disease within five major categories according to DeBakey, we have developed the examination of the whole arterial system, except the coronary arteries, by using ultrasonic technics which have coined panarterial ultrasonography (PU). This includes a series of ultrasonic examinations by using the Doppler ultrasonic and B-mode duplex or triplex scan apparatus with various probes for the detection of arterial flow and imaging of the various arterial segments. During the last years 716 patients were submitted to PU. The indications for and the findings resulting from the application of PU are presented.