{"id":454,"date":"2025-10-29T17:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gskpraxis-cngjpktkui.live-website.com\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2025-11-13T18:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T17:44:10","slug":"vascular-ultrasound-examinations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gsk-praxis.de\/en\/vascular-ultrasound-examinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Vascular ultrasound examinations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vascular ultrasound examinations
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Vascular ultrasound examination can help determine the risk of serious conditions. Damage to the cardiovascular organs <\/strong>be detected early.<\/p>\n

Vascular ultrasound allows for monitoring the effectiveness of the treatment of cardiovascular risk factors <\/strong>(CVRF<\/strong>), Arterial hypertension <\/strong>(high blood pressure<\/strong>), Lipid metabolism disorder with elevated cholesterol, especially LDL cholesterol <\/strong>(Hyperlipidemia<\/strong>), Diabetes mellitus (diabetes), obesity, lack of exercise, smoking, family history of cardiovascular disease<\/strong> and supports monitoring at Cardiovascular diseases<\/strong> during the course of events.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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carotid arteries
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To prevent strokes, screening for inflammatory diseases (Temporal arteritis<\/strong>) as well as for monitoring the progress after a stroke<\/strong> (Stroke<\/strong>) and after treatments on the carotid artery (operation<\/strong> (Thromboplastin endarterectomy (TEA))<\/strong>) or stent implantation<\/strong>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Arm vessels<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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For the examination and assessment of arterial vascular constrictions (Subclavian stenosis<\/strong>), \u00a0inflammatory vascular diseases <\/strong>(Giant cell arteritis<\/strong>) and Arm vein thrombosis<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Abdominal aorta (aorta abdominalis)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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For the detection, monitoring of progress and timely treatment coordination of Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)<\/strong>, pathological enlargement of the abdominal aorta), often resulting in a fatal outcome internal bleeding<\/strong> to avoid.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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renal arteries<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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For the detection, monitoring, and timely treatment coordination of renal artery stenosis (Renal artery stenosis, NAST<\/strong>) as a rare cause of arterial hypertension<\/strong> (High blood pressure<\/strong>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Pelvic and leg arteries<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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For the early detection of \u201eIntermittent claudication\u201c peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD)<\/strong> and to avoid Leg amputations<\/strong>. For monitoring progress after arterial vascular interventions <\/strong>( Bypass surgery, stent implantation<\/strong>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Pelvic and leg veins<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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To detect and treat tDeep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the pelvis and legs<\/strong> and thus to avoid life-threatening situations Pulmonary embolisms <\/strong>(LE<\/strong>). Also for the early detection and treatment of Varicose veins (varicosis, chronic venous insufficiency) <\/strong>(CVI<\/strong>),<\/strong> to avoid complications such as deep vein thrombosis <\/strong>(TVT<\/strong>), varicose vein inflammation<\/strong> (Varicophlebitis) <\/strong>and Venous leg ulcer <\/strong>(open leg<\/strong>) to avoid.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gef\u00e4\u00dfultraschall\u00aduntersuchungen(Farbcodierte Duplex\u00adsonographie) Mithilfe der Gef\u00e4\u00dfultraschalluntersuchung kann das Risiko f\u00fcr schwerwiegende Sch\u00e4den an den Herz-Kreislauf-Organen fr\u00fchzeitig erkannt werden. Der Gef\u00e4\u00dfultraschall erm\u00f6glicht die Kontrolle der Wirksamkeit der Einstellung von kardiovaskul\u00e4ren Risikofaktoren (CVRF), Arterielle Hypertonie (hoher Blutdruck), Fettstoffwechselst\u00f6rung mit erh\u00f6htem Cholesterin, insbesondere LDL-Cholesterin (Hyperlipid\u00e4mie), Diabetes mellitus (Zuckerkrankheit), \u00dcbergewicht, Bewegungsmangel, Rauchen, Famili\u00e4re Vorbelastung f\u00fcr Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen und unterst\u00fctzt das Monitoring bei […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsk-praxis.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsk-praxis.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsk-praxis.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsk-praxis.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsk-praxis.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/gsk-praxis.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1039,"href":"https:\/\/gsk-praxis.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions\/1039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsk-praxis.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}