Vascular Ultrasound
Enhancing the quality of life and promoting wellness through Vascular Testing.
Most people know what a heart attack is, and most people believe that it’s important to prevent, detect and treat heart disease. Heart disease is the #1 KILLER in America. Over 700,000 people suffer from a heart attack every year.
However, most people don’t know much about Strokes. They are the #3 KILLER in America. About 30 million Americans are at risk for strokes & related vascular diseases.
A Vascular Ultrasound, also called a duplex ultrasound, is an imaging test used to see how blood moves through your arteries and veins. It measures the speed of the flow of blood and can reveal if there are any blockages. Our health care team uses vascular ultrasound to diagnose a number of conditions, including varicose veins, abdominal aneurysm and arterial occlusion.
Nerve Conduction
A nerve conduction velocity test, also called a nerve conduction study, measures how quickly electrical impulses move along a nerve.
The American Diabetes Association recommends that diabetics be tested annually to help determine the specific degree of Neuropathy, both in the extremities and generally.
25.8 million Americans have diabetes – 8.3 percent of the U.S. population. Of these, 7 million do not know they have the disease.
Conditions that NCV testing helps diagnose include:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Pinched Nerve
- Radiculopathy
- Sciatica
- Neuropathies
- Muscle Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Lou Gehrig’s Disease
- Myasthenia Gravis
