Duplex course

SGUM SSUM Duplex sonography final course

March 27-28, 2025

Here you will find the course documents/handouts for personal use (activated on the course days).

1 Duplex technology: Basics and optimization

  • 1.1 B-scan PDF
  • 1.2 Color Doppler PDF
  • 1.3 Spectral analysis PDF
  • 1.4 Important artifacts PDF

2 Examination procedure

  • 2.1 Veins: Preparation, positioning and examination procedure PDF
  • 2.2 Arteries: Preparation, positioning and examination procedure PDF

3 Venous thromboembolism I

  • 3.1 Thrombosis of the upper extremity, catheter-induced thrombosis PDF
  • 3.2 Clinical pretest probability and D-dimer PDF
  • 3.3 Compression ultrasonography and color Doppler in thrombosis Diagnostic accuracy: CUS vs. CCUS PDF
  • 3.4 The special localization of thrombosis PDF

4 Venous thromboembolism II

  • 4.1 Searching for malignancy: when and how? PDF
  • 4.2 Follow-up, recanalization, determination of OAK duration PDF
  • 4.3 Post-thrombotic syndrome, recurrent thrombosis PDF
  • 4.4 Superficial venous thrombosis / varicophlebitis PDF

5 Varicosis

  • 5.1 Definition and terminology PDF
  • 5.2 Reflux test and point of insufficiency PDF
  • 5.3 Significance and detection of perforating veins PDF
  • 5.4 Duplex sonography before varicose vein interventions PDF
  • 5.5 Ultrasound-guided varicose vein interventions PDF
  • 5.6 Recurrent varicosis PDF

6 Hemodialysis shunt

  • 6.1 Mapping before placement PDF
  • 6.2 Ultrasound-guided placement of an AV fistula PDF
  • 6.3 Shunt maturation and shunt dysfunction PDF

7 AVK diagnostics I

  • 7.1 Indications and questions PDF
  • 7.2 Choice of therapy: Selection for PDF
    • conservative procedure
    • catheter-based intervention
    • Surgical or hybrid intervention
    • Bypasses from aortic to pedal
  • 7.3 Vein mapping before bypass surgery PDF
  • 7.4 Aneurysm spurium: examination and ultrasound-guided therapy PDF

8 AVK diagnostics II and AVK controls

  • 8.1 Fibromuscular dysplasia PDF
  • 8.2 Vascular compression syndromes in athletes PDF
  • 8.3 Vasculitis screening PDF
  • 8.4 Follow-up after interventional therapy PDF
  • 8.5 Control after bypass (vein, plastic) PDF
  • 8.6 Vascular malformations PDF

9 Dilated angiopathy

  • 9.1 Aortic aneurysm: diagnosis, follow-up examinations PDF
  • 9.2 Follow-up examination after EVAR PDF
  • 9.3 Peripheral and visceral aneurysms PDF